Eduardo Sampaio

Eduardo Barros Sampaio is a Managing Director at Holder Partners, based in Europe. He brings more than 25 years of experience in corporate investigations, litigation and arbitration support, risk consulting, corporate turnaround and interim management, having advised boards, general counsel, investors and major international law firms in more than 20 countries.

Prior to joining Holder Partners, Eduardo was Senior Managing Director and Country Manager of FTI Consulting in Brazil, where he led the Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice and the Global Risk & Investigations practice in Latin America, tripling gross revenue with a team of around 200 professionals. Earlier, he spent seven years at Kroll as Managing Director and Country Manager for Brazil, growing revenue 18-fold, opening offices in Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba, and being named one of the firm’s four best Managing Directors worldwide. He has led high-profile international matters involving fraud and corruption investigations, FCPA reviews, asset searches, cyber-attacks, crisis management and arbitration support.

Eduardo also has extensive experience in corporate turnaround and interim management. As General Manager of Marsh Risk Consulting for the Pacific region, he turned operating profit from –10% to more than 10% within six months across 120 consultants in Australia and New Zealand. As CEO in Brazil of the country’s largest trade-marketing company, with 1,300 employees, he led a full restructuring, including bank-debt renegotiation and cost reduction. Between 2016 and 2026, he founded and led companies in the health sector in Europe and Latin America.

Eduardo is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and conversational French.