Jonatas Couri

Biography

Jonatas has 18 years of experience in financing with a focus in agricultural/commodity markets. He started his career at Banco do Brasil (export trade finance) and later worked at WestLB bank (commodity derivatives), Cargill (trading and financing), Noble Agri (risk management), Syngenta (structured finance) and Ecoagro (securitisation), until the foundation of Leaf Capital in 2018.

In addition, Jonatas has been a member of different associations related to agriculture credit and commodity trading: Bovespa's Agricultural Trading Consulting Chamber during 2010-12, Risk Committee of SJC Bioenergy (Cargill's sugarcane joint-venture) during 2011-12, Association Brazilian Securitised Real Estate and Agribusiness (ABSia) during 2016-17, and currently leads the Agriculture Credit vertical at the Brazilian Association of Fintechs (ABFintechs).

Jonatas graduated from the University of London with a degree in Business Management, with additional specialisation courses in Finance and Agriculture Operations.

Speaker at these events:

Bonds & Loans Brazil 2021 - Virtual Conference

Diversification, depth and deployment: What vehicles are available to navigate local market regulation?

Bonds & Loans Latin America 2020 - Virtual Conference

Structured debt: Alternatives for borrowers locked out of the Brazilian debentures market

Bonds, Loans & Derivatives Brazil 2019

Evolution of structured debt (CRIs, CRAs and securitisation) in Brazil: Do they make sense following a change in regulation?