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Pedro has over 13 years of experience driving growth and transformation across private equity and venture capital in Southeast Asia, with former senior roles at Rocket Internet, Nova Founders Capital and most recently Fitness & Lifestyle Group (Quadrant Capital-backed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past decade plus, Pedro has both invested in early and growth stage businesses as well as led the acquisition and turnaround of mature businesses \u2013 spanning from retail, health & wellness, services, education, fintech and insurtech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pedro has also held Executive operational positions at multiple companies, most notably Lazada Group where he played a pivotal role in scaling marketplace in Vietnam, onboarding large FMCG brands into the platform and enabling cross-border logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He holds a joint Master\u2019s degree in Finance and International Management from Nova School of Business and Economics and Aalto School of Economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pedro Baliza has been a Counselor in the Portuguese Diaspora Council since February 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":24013,"template":"","meta":[],"grupo":[281],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPedro Baliza - Conselho da Di\u00e1spora Portuguesa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diasporaportuguesa.org\/en\/profile\/pedro-baliza\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pedro Baliza - Conselho da Di\u00e1spora Portuguesa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pedro has over 13 years of experience driving growth and transformation across private equity and venture capital in Southeast Asia, with former senior roles at Rocket Internet, Nova Founders Capital and most recently Fitness & Lifestyle Group (Quadrant Capital-backed). 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