Professional Profile ​

Anna Maria da Costa joined ZRG Brazil in early 2016 as an Associate and is co-responsible for the firm’s startup operations in the country. She was part of the team that launched ZRG’s presence in the region and is a member of the financial services practice, focusing on payments, fintechs, and embedded finance.​

With over thirteen years of experience in executive search, Anna Maria has recruited a wide range of executive positions, including CEOs, Vice Presidents, and other C-Level roles, primarily within the financial services sector.​

Experience ​

Before joining ZRG, Anna Maria was a Researcher at a leading executive search firm in Brazil, where she managed projects for organizations of diverse profiles—from multinationals to family-owned businesses, including market leaders and publicly traded companies—across sectors such as financial services, insurance, consumer goods, life sciences, industry, infrastructure, education, and telecommunications.​

Prior to her career in executive search, she worked at the United Nations headquarters in New York as a Recruitment Officer in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, where she was responsible for managing strategic human resources activities across multiple divisions. Anna Maria began her career as an International Relations/Research Assistant at the School of Public and Business Administration of Fundação Getúlio Vargas.​

Education ​

Anna Maria holds a degree in Psychology, with a minor in French and a concentration in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire, USA. She also earned postgraduate degrees in Marketing from COPPEAD/UFRJ and in Translation (English-Portuguese) from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro.​

She is a native English speaker, fluent in Portuguese, and proficient in French and Spanish.