With $5bn of equity capital and 1100 employees, Brazil’s leading independent investment bank BTG Pactual is reaching a size where, typically, the senior management forsake the trading floor to engage in C-suite strategy meetings. They need some hush to perfect 'their global vision' and to contemplate the purchase of their next Ferrari.
But that is not CEO Andre Esteves’ style. He believes in being close to the action and both he, and the rest of senior management, have their desks in the middle of the open environment of the trading floor.
