Carlos André has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Universidade Cândido Mendes (Cândido Mendes University) and a MBA in International Tax Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Getúlio Vargas Foundation). He began his career at Arthur Andersen in 1998, in the Tax division of the Rio de Janeiro office. His professional experience in this company included the development of tax and financial consulting projects in direct taxes and international taxation fields.

In June 2002, he joined the Tax Consulting division of Deloitte's Rio de Janeiro office. His professional activities included: tax planning (national and international), corporate, foreign investments and succession planning reorganization.

In October 2012, he was invited to take the position of CFO at LM Wind Power do Brasil. He was directly responsible for the initial project until the beginning of the Society's operations. In addition to the financial, tax and accounting fields, he was responsible for the human resources, strategic purchasing and information technology fieds.

In December 2015, he was was invited to take the position of CFO at Suzlon Brasil and Suzlon Uruguay. His main objectives included the development of tax strategies that would reduce the taxation levied on Suzlon's operations in Brazil; management of accounting, financial and tax fields and the renegotiation of tax liabilities with the Federal, State and Municipal Internal Revenues.

He is currently a Partner at BP Tax Global Advisory, being responsible for the São Paulo office. His professional activities include, among others: supervision and coordination of international tax and succession planning, assistance for global families and international companies, establishment of investment funds for individuals and institutional investors and preparation of financial statements under international standards.