Rodrigo Boscolo joined IZEA’s Board of Directors in 2024 and is the Chief Financial Officer of GP Investments, a company focused on private equity, real estate investments and management of funds, since 2018. His role encompasses deploying the firm’s proprietary capital in North America and Europe, as well as managing the firm’s global finance, treasury, technology, investor relations and corporate development functions. Since joining GP Investments, Ltd. in 2010, Mr. Boscolo has led or was involved in multiple private equity and capital market transactions in a broad range of geographies and industries, particularly in the technology, business services, consumer and retail sectors. Previously, Mr. Boscolo worked as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group (2008 to 2010). Currently, Mr. Boscolo serves as a member of the boards of directors of G2D Investments, Ltd. (2020), a listed investment company (BVMF: G2DI33) focused on high growth, tech and tech-enabled businesses. He also serves as CFO of GP-Act III Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: GPAT), a $287.5M blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination with one or more companies, since March 2021, and as alternate director at The Craftory (2019), a $550 M global investment house focused exclusively on responsible CPG brands. Formerly, he served as a member of the boards of directors of Spice Private Equity (2017 to 2023), a Swiss private equity firm, LEON Restaurants (2017 to 2021), a UK-based healthy fast-food chain acquired by EG Group, Magnesita (2014 to 2015), a mining and industrial company that was merged into RHI Magnesita (LSE:RHIM) to create the global leader in refractories, Sascar (2011-2012), a realtime vehicle monitoring and telematics technology company acquired by Michelin (ENXTPA:ML) and Allis (2010-2012), a retail execution and marketing intelligence company acquired by GPS Group (BVMF: GGPS3).
Rodrigo is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned an M.B.A. from the Wharton School in 2014 and a M.A. in International Studies from the School of Arts and Sciences at the Lauder Institute in 2016. Rodrigo also holds a M.S. from Kedge Business School, in Marseille, France (2007) and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Sao Paulo (2007).
