Guilherme Aleixo Tavares

Guilherme Aleixo Tavares is a seasoned professional with over 22 years of experience in the financial, fintech, SaaS, and consulting sectors. He currently serves as a Business Director at Juvo, where he has led the launch of a B2C loans product and achieved significant reductions in customer acquisition costs (CAC) and increases in origination volume through strategic partnerships.

Prior to his role at Juvo, Tavares held various positions, including:

• Head of Product/Business - Financial Services at Neoway, where he led a vertical representing ~40% of Neoway's revenue, targeting fintechs and neobanks.
• Senior Product Manager at Neon, the 4th largest neobank in Brazil, where he achieved notable improvements in onboarding, credit card approvals, and account activation rates.
• Product Strategy Manager at Itaú Unibanco, where he led a team responsible for a >R$100MM P&L for the low-income segment in retail banking.
• Credit Portfolio Manager at Banco Itaú BBA, where he reduced provision losses and improved the bank's ROE.
• Treasury Coordinator at Banco Itaú BBA, where he led a team to develop and implement a risk control framework for trading desks.

Tavares has a strong background in financial services, product management, and strategic leadership, which he leverages in his current role at Juvo and his position at Scala Capital.1 His LinkedIn profile is gtsilva.