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Ângela Pêgas

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Ângela Pêgas, based in São Paulo, leads Egon Zehnder’s Services Practice in Latin America and coleads the Board Consulting Practice in Brazil, in addition to spearheading the firm’s diversity and inclusion initiatives in the region. Her expertise also extends to retail and consumer goods. Besides heading searches for legal professionals in Brazil, Ângela’s specialties include management appraisals, leadership development, CEO succession, team effectiveness reviews, board succession, and board effectiveness reviews.

I’m endlessly curious about business and motivated to impact the lives of remarkable people who are able to transform our world with their leadership.

Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Ângela was General Counsel with Ultrapar, in São Paulo, provided international legal advice on M&A and capital markets at AMBEV in São Paulo, and was an Investment Banking Associate in the Latin American division of Goldman Sachs while based in New York. Earlier in her carrier, she was a Corporate Law Coordinator at RBS - Rede Brasil Sul de Comunicações in Porto Alegre.

Ângela earned an LLB from Rio Grande do Sul Federal University in Brazil, an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in the U.S., and a postgraduate degree in economic and corporate law from the Fundação Getulio Vargas in Brazil. She loves her family, friends, and dogs and enjoys practicing yoga and running.

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Headhunters Point Out the Biggest Opportunities in 2024

Headhunters Point Out the Biggest Opportunities in 2024

For Angela Pegas, CFO searches could be on the rise in 2024 due to a potential rise in IPOs, which will demand increased expertise… Read more

How the CFO Position Continues to Evolve

How the CFO Position Continues to Evolve

Egon Zehnder consultants Ângela Pêgas and Bruno Carrasco believe considering potential is just as important as technical skills when hiring for a CFO. Read more

The New Playbook of CFOs: Competencies, Skills, and Potential

The New Playbook of CFOs: Competencies, Skills, and Potential

CFOs embrace multifunctional roles as new competencies in the CFO playbook and hiring demands more than technical expertise. Read more

Breaking the Boardroom Glass Ceiling

Breaking the Boardroom Glass Ceiling

At the board level there have been steady improvements in DE&I, 1 in 3 new hires being women and 27 percent of board seats… Read more

Shaping Associates into Equity Partners

Shaping Associates into Equity Partners

The journey to making equity partner in a law firm is both fraught with challenges and full of learning opportunities. Read more

We Need Leaders, Not Just Lawyers

We Need Leaders, Not Just Lawyers

Lawyers have traditionally been hired for their legal expertise – their knowledge of rules, governance and regulations, their negotiating skills, their ability to navigate… Read more

Female Leadership in the Legal Sector

Female Leadership in the Legal Sector

During an interview with the consultant Ângela Pêgas, from Egon Zehnder Brazil, the attorney José Eduardo Carneiro Queiroz, partner-director at Mattos Filho, a company… Read more

Brazilian Women Rank No. 1 in Career Ambition According to Global Survey

Brazilian Women Rank No. 1 in Career Ambition According to Global Survey

Women in Brazil are highly ambitious and place great value on career growth and development opportunities, according to Egon Zehnder’s 2017 Leaders & Daughters… Read more

Istoé – Crisis Drives Brazil's Top Talent Abroad

Istoé – Crisis Drives Brazil's Top Talent Abroad

What is behind Brazil’s current talent exodus, asks Istoé? In a country shaken by crisis and political scandals, many Brazilians are thinking about moving… Read more

The price of being a superwoman

The price of being a superwoman

A commentary by Ângela Antonioli Pêgas on roles that seem to be increasingly essential to "the superwoman": executive roles, mothers, companions, daughters, friends, top… Read more

2016 Egon Zehnder Latin American Board Diversity Analysis

2016 Egon Zehnder Latin American Board Diversity Analysis

Across the globe, gender diversity has been on the agenda of boards and nominating committees for more than two decades. During that time, however,… Read more

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