Team

Mr. Zyngier founded Batuta Advisors in 2013 to pursue investment and advisory opportunities in distressed and turnaround sectors. Mr. Zyngier has over 20 years of investment, strategy, and operating experience.  He is currently a Director of Atari SA, Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc. (TRCH), AudioEye Inc. (AEYE), Applied Minerals, Inc (AMNL), and certain other private entities.  Mr. Zyngier was previously Chairman of the Board of Vertis Inc., a Director of Island One LLC, Executive Chairman of DTV America Corporation as well as Board Member and Lead Director for Remington Outdoor Company, Inc. Mr. Zyngier is also an expert witness in Delaware Bankruptcy Court.

Mr. Zyngier has worked as a Portfolio Manager, investing in public and private distressed opportunities, at Alden Global Capital, Goldman Sachs & Co. and Deutsche Bank Co. During this time, his focus was on distressed investments representing fulcrum securities in the Capital Structure. He was also a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company. Prior to that, he was a technical brand manager at Procter & Gamble, focused on Latin America Beauty Care Products.  Mr. Zyngier holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago and a BSc. in Chemical Engineering from UNICAMP in Brazil.