Alvaro Sobrinho

Alvaro Sobrinho
Born	Álvaro de Oliveira Madaleno Sobrinho 1962 (age 54–55) Luanda, Angola
Occupation	Chairman at Planet Earth Institute
Website	http://alvaro-sobrinho.com/

Álvaro de Oliveira Madaleno Sobrinho (born 1962) is an Angolan philanthropist, banker and businessman.

Before the civil war in Angola Álvaro Sobrinho's were successful property owners in Angola. Sobrinho studied mathematics and statistics, at NOVA university in Lisbon. After his studies in Portugal he began his career with "World Trust" insurance company.

At the age of 38 in 2000 he became one of the directors of Banco Espirito Santo (BES) in Lisbon and was tasked founding the subsidiary branch in Angola, Banco Espírito Santo Angola (BESA). Throughout his time at BESA, the bank received multiple awards, including the World Finance award as the Best Bank in Angola in 2009, and Global Finance Magazine’s award as the Best Bank in Angola in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. As its CEO until October 2012, Sobrinho had developed the bank to one of the leading banks in Sub Saharan Africa.

In July 2014, Portuguese weekly Expresso reported that BESA did not know to whom it had extended loans worth US$5.7 billion - around 80 percent of its debt portfolio - during the mandate of previous chief executive Alvaro Sobrinho, who left the post in October 2012. In 2015, Sobrinho was reported to have beaten the allegations and has continued to battle for compensation from the Expresso news outlet,.

In 2013, Sobrinho took charge of Banco Valor Angola as its Executive Chairman.

Sobrinho also holds large investments in telecommunications with YooMee Africa and the media industry with Newshold Group, as well as additional ventures including publishing, manufacturing, retail, travel business and renewable energies.

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