About
Ricardo Torres da Costa is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Grandhelm. He helps private equity partners and management teams unlock value through focused, technology-led operational transformation. His perspective is built on three things most consultants don't combine. As a Lead Consultant Engineer at Container Solutions, he has spent six years delivering platform engineering, enterprise architecture, and agentic AI programmes for organisations such as ASML, Hargreaves Lansdown, and Equinix - so he understands what modern technology can actually do, not just what it promises. As co-founder of a vertically integrated manufacturing business that he led from launch to exit, he understands the operator's P&L, supply chain, and growth dilemmas first-hand. And as an Oxford-trained economist who began his career at the World Bank, KPMG, and the Economist Intelligence Unit, he brings analytical rigour to every diagnosis. He combines deep technology, operating experience and economic discipline, pointed squarely at value creation.
Areas of focus
- Enterprise architecture & agentic AI delivery
- Founder-operator P&L and growth-to-exit
- Economic diagnosis & value-creation strategy
- Private-equity-led operational transformation
Where it started
- MSc Economics for Development, University of Oxford
- BSc Economics, University College London
Selected highlights
- Co-founded Grandhelm to deliver focused, technology-leveraged transformation
- 15+ years driving operational improvements across manufacturing, logistics, and technology sectors
- Proven track record of revenue growth, cost reduction, and EBITDA improvement across diverse companies