Experienced people.
Fast, clear decisions.
Our team built their careers at global banks, multinational corporations and international trading houses. Today we bring that experience to some of the most complex challenges in trade finance, working closely with every client from the first conversation to the final payment.
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Our people have worked inside some of the largest institutions in global finance and trade. We apply that experience in a focused team, where every person stays close to the client and close to the decision.
The people behind Ossiano Capital.
David Sela
Founder
David Sela founded Copap in 1989 and has led the group ever since. Under his leadership, Copap has grown into an international trading group headquartered in Montreal, active in more than 50 countries across forest products, petrochemicals and polymers. That trading heritage is the foundation of Ossiano Capital, the group's specialist supply chain and trade finance house. Ossiano draws on the counterparty relationships, market knowledge and operating discipline Copap has built over nearly four decades, giving buyers, sellers and financial partners a finance house that understands the physical movement of goods from the inside.
Cassio Calil
Chief Executive Officer
Cassio has led Ossiano Capital as Chief Executive Officer since 2019. He sets the firm's strategy and leads its relationships with clients and financial partners, from commodity traders and producers to banks, non-bank financiers and insurers. He brings nearly four decades of experience in corporate treasury, investment banking and asset management. At J.P. Morgan he served as a Managing Director for more than a decade, including as Group Head of International Corporate Client Banking and President of Asset Management in Brazil. He previously held treasury leadership roles at IBM in Sydney, Dublin and New York, and served as Head of Financial Services and Chief Commercial Officer at Brightstar. Cassio holds a master's degree in Economics from Macquarie University.
Matt Caballero
Director of Risk Management & FP&A
Matt leads risk management and financial planning and analysis at Ossiano Capital and Copap, where he has worked since 2020. At Ossiano, he brings a capital markets perspective to how the firm assesses, structures and manages its trade finance exposure, and to the planning and analysis behind each financing decision. His expertise spans fixed income, interest rate derivatives and credit derivatives, built over more than a decade in capital markets and financial services. Matt holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Samira Alencar
Director of Client Services & Operations
Samira leads client services and operations at Ossiano Capital, overseeing how clients are onboarded and supported through each transaction. She joined Copap in 2016 as an Import and Export Analyst and has served as Director of Operations since 2021, bringing hands-on knowledge of documentation, logistics and cross-border trade to the finance side of the business. Across her career in international trade and trade finance, she has onboarded more than 400 clients and managed relationships with more than 300 suppliers. Samira studied International Relations at PUC São Paulo.
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