Our team

MICHAEL JOSEPH FINHANE GREEN

FOUNDER AND HEAD PARTNER

Born in Brazil and raised in the United States, for the last 20 years Michael has been working in São Paulo as a translator specializing in the fields of business, finance and capital markets. He began his career in 1997 as a translator at the investment bank Banco Garantia.

In 1999, he became partner at a translation company serving leading financial companies, which included a five-year contract with the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES). In 2003, he joined Banco de Investimento Credit Suisse (Brasil), translating and revising all of the investment bank’s communications in English.

In 2007, he joined the IR consulting firm MZ Group (formerly MZ Consult) as senior translator and reviser. In 2009, he became head of MZ’s translation department, where he was responsible for managing a team of over 20 translators producing approximately 1 million words of translation per month for major listed companies.

DIOGO HOHL ORSI

CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER

Diogo holds a B.A. in Philosophy from PUC/SP. He has also studied Engineering at the University of São Paulo (USP) from 2002 to 2003 and Portuguese Literature at the same institution from 2004 to 2008. He began his career in translations in 2003 as a freelance translator, working exclusively in the fields of business, investor relations and law.

In 2006, he joined the IR consulting firm MZ Group (formerly MZ Consult) as an intern, where he later became associate translator in 2007 and project manager in 2009. In 2011, he became department head, responsible for a team translating over one million words per month.

RENATA SILVERIO BALBINO

PARTNER

Renata holds a B.A. in Portuguese and English, with emphasis on Translation and Interpreting from Ibero-American University, earned in 2006, and a graduate degree in Corporate Finance from Mackenzie Presbyterian University, earned in 2009.

She has over 15 years’ experience in the fields of investor relations, corporate communication and audit, obtained over the years she worked as translator and proofreader at consulting firms MZ Group (formerly MZ Consult) and PwC Brasil. Before joining Green Associados, she also provided services directly to numerous clients in the fields of finance, accounting, sustainability, marketing, health and education. Renata is a partner at Green Associados.

SAMANTA BASTOS ALCARDO

PARTNER

Samanta obtained a degree in Journalism from Universidade de Taubaté in 2003 and a diploma in Translation and Interpretation (Portuguese-English) from Associação Alumni in 2006. She has over 15 years of translation experience in diverse fields, including finance, legal, IT, marketing and education. In 2008, she joined the software giant TOTVS, where she translated IT, software and e-learning materials from English to Portuguese.

In 2011, she joined Demarest Advogados, a law firm, where she worked for five years translating legal documents between Portuguese and English, mostly related to labor, contracts, insurance, tax, litigation, intellectual property and civil law. Samanta joined Green Associados in January 2018.

MELISANDE MANCUSI

PARTNER

Melisande obtained a degree in Portuguese and English, with emphasis on Translation and Interpreting, from Faculdade Ibero Americana in 1991, and a graduate degree in Translation and Interpreting in Portuguese and Spanish from Faculdade Gama Filho in 2009.

She has over 25 years of experience translating texts in diverse areas, including audit, finance, tax, consulting, marketing, and environment, in the companies where she worked: CESP, as intern in the technical translation department; PwC, where she worked for 28 years (24 years as translator); and Assurance Traduções Contábeis, where worked as freelance translator and later as project manager.

Melisande joined Green Associados in September 2022.

VANESSA MELHADO

PARTNER

Vanessa obtained a degree in Translation and Interpreting from Universidade Ibero-Americana in 2003 and a licentiate degree in Portuguese and English in 2004.

Despite her academic qualifications in English, she began her career by specializing in Spanish, translating financial and communication materials in that language. She then focused on proofreading texts in the Portuguese language and later worked at several agencies as project manager specializing in sustainability, serving major clients. In 2022, she joined Green Associados to oversee customer service and workflows.