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BENJAMIM NEVES DA SILVA
has a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Algarve.
Specializes in the construction of golf courses and masterlanned
landscaping, with over 20 golf courses completed during his career.
He is proud to count the iconic Saadiyat Beach Golf Club (designed
by Gary Player in the UAE), Fazenda Boa Vista (the first Arnold Palmer
course in Brasil), the Olympic Course - Rio 2016 (designed by Gil Hanse),
Amendoeira Golf Club Algarve (a 36-hole course designed by Nick Faldo
and Christy O’Connor Jr.), and Portugal’s #1 and Europe’s Top 5 course,
Monterei Golf Club (the first Jack Nicklaus signature course in Portugal) as
highlights in his portfolio. He is fluent in English, French and Portuguese.
GIL BERNARDO JACQUES ZDANOWSKI
graduated in Finance and Business Administration and mastered in Health
Care. He has extensive experience in the development of investment
properties, including several condominium projects and resorts with
golf courses. The last golf projects he has been involved with were the
Fazenda Boa Vista (an Arnold Palmer signature course), the Olympic
Course - Rio 2016 (by Gil Hanse), he also functioned as the owner’s
representative at Pinheirinho, a Hyatt Golf & Beach Resort in Portugal
(a 27-hole Championship Golf Course designed by Santana da Silva and
Cabell Robinson), and set up the project and business plan for the “One
Planet Living” in Mata de Sesimbra with 3 Golf Courses in Portugal.
ANTÓNIO CARLOS MIRANDA
holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Trás-
os-Montes and Alto Douro. He has been working alongside Benjamin
since 1998 and has worked with known architects such as M. Hawtree
(Pinhal Golf in Vilamoura), Gary Player (Saadiyat Beach Golf in Abu
Dhabi), Santana da Silva (Pinheiros Altos in Quinta do Lago), Arnold
Palmer (Fazenda Boa Vista in São Paulo) and Gil Hanse (Olympic
Course in Rio de Janeiro) among others. He is currently managing all
ProGolf construction work at the Rio 2016 Olympic Course. He has been
responsible for ProGolf activities since 2010, and has helped setting a
new standard in the construction of golf course industry in Brasil with the
countries’ first signature design.