Marcos Nascimento graduated from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, with a degree in Civil Engineering. For the past 30 years he has worked and acted on several civil engineering projects, both at the industrial and residential levels through his own engineering company, Tecniplan Engenharia e Comércio Ltda., established in 1985. Marcos has also played a role in real estate, where he founded the company Mercotec Construções e Comércio Ltda., which later became a shareholder of SBER - Sociedade Brasileira de Energias Renováveis Ltda., a company focused on the development of renewable energy projects. He became an associate of the HLC Group in 1998 and through HLC Brasil Ltda. helped develop several projects in the energy and renewable energy sectors. As well as his administrative and financial skills, he has good relationships in the public sector, with municipalities and financing institutions.