Automotive Logistics South America

Alexandre, Bachelor of Law, is a Vice President of Anfavea: the organisation that brings together automobile manufacturers in Brazil. He is also currently responsible for government relations for the Fiat Group in Brasilia. Prior to his current positions, he worked in the House of Representatives and was advisor of the Secretary of Economic Development of the Distrito Federal.

André has extensive executive experience in companies such as Volkswagen, Siemens and Whirlpool in Brazil and abroad. He graduated in Economics at PUC RS, and he has a post-graduate degree in International Economics from the University of Bonn (Germany) and also an MBA in Project Management from George Washington University.

Edson has a degree in Engineering and a Master’s degree in Logistics and Finance from the University of São Paulo. He has 27 years experience within the automotive industry and his current responsibilities include production planning; supply chain and vehicle logistics management; and strategy development. His recent accomplishments include the launch of Ford's first private port.

Frederico holds a bachelors and masters in Production Engineering from Sao Paulo University. He has eighteen years of experience across supply chain management of purchasing, logistics and materials at General Motors Brazil as well as its headquarters in Detroit, USA. He is certified in change management through analysis and lean manufacturing tools such as value stream mapping.

Mauricélio graduated in Economics and also has an MBA from FGV (Fundaçao Getulio Vargas). He has worked for Fiat since 1991, and before his current position he worked in purchasing as a buyer, supervisor and manager, where he was responsible for the purchase of indirect material, development products and direct material.

Orlando has been with Volkswagen Brazil for 31 years. He served as Manager and Director of Manufacturing and is now responsible for the operation and distribution of vehicles, material transport, logistics planning, supply chain and production programming for all VW plants in Brazil.

Gustavo has 15 years of experience in the automotive logistics sector and is currently the Logistics Manager for Scania Latin America. He has worked across both inbound logistics (milk run, consolidation, inland, sea and air shipments as-well as customs clearance and cross docking) and outbound logistics (export of KD and complete vehicles). He also spent time at Scania HQ in Sweden from 2008 to 2010.

Carlos has a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and Business Administration and a Master’s in Industrial Engineering. He has been responsible for planning and logistics for the last 11 years at MWM-INTERNATIONAL Motores and recently for Navistar South America. Carlos is also President of Inbrasc (Instituto Brasiliero de Supply Chain), Vice Director of SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) for the Porto Alegre branch and teacher at several MBA courses.

Renato has been working with GM for over 25 years. His experience includes manufacturing planning and Greenfield implementation. In his 13 years in the Aftersales space, he has served over 4 as Regional Director based in China with responsibility over Supply Chain and Logistics operations in China, India, Russia and other Asia-Pacific countries. Renato holds a bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineer from FEI and a MBA from FGV.

Jansen has been working at Delphi since 1990, and in the last few years he has been responsible for logistics and foreign trade in all Delphis South American operations. Jansens experience involves purchasing, foreign trade, production control and logistics. After graduating in Marketing, Jansen received an Executive MBA from IBMEC.

Kátia has been at Lear since 2001, and is currently responsible for South American logistics and indirect materials and services purchasing. She has more than 15 years experience in the automotive industry, and has worked for both Tyco Electronics and Metagal. She has a degree in Business Administration and is currently studying for an MBA in Project Management at FGV.

Marie-Christine was appointed Chief Executive Officer of TNT Express in May 2011, following her first appointment as Managing Director in 2004. Before joining the express services sector, she started her career in the American retail business and then worked about ten years for Chemical Bank and Paribas Bank. Successively based in New York, Paris and Lyon, she developed a wide international business experience in managing major multinational accounts, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions, and was presented with the insignia of Chevalier from the National Order of the Legion of Honour in France in 2005.

Luiz, a certified accountant with post graduation in Finance Management and MBA in Leadership/Administration at Franklin Covey Business School, is a Member of the Logistics Committee at Anefac and has over 25 years of experience working for multinational companies such as Federal Express, Bax Global and CHEP.

Fabio, has a Bachelors in Business Administration, a postgraduate in Marketing and an MBA in Business Management. He is originally from Sao Paulo. He has 14 years of experience in transportation and logistics and joined Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics as Chief Commercial Officer in 2004.

Marcus has 20 years of experience in national and multinational companies, with his career developed in the areas of transport, storage and production. He is also a professor at LALT/Uni ¬ camp (Learning Lab Logistics and Transport Unicamp).

Sebastián started to work for GEFCO Argentina in 1999, when the subsidiary was opened. Currently, he is responsible for the transport and automotive logistics department. Until January 2010, he was in charge of IT Systems. He is a computer engineer, and during 2009, he graduated with an MBA in Management and Business Management.

Edson has over 20 years’ experience in senior positions in the supply chain in Latin America, of which the last seven years were with Visteon, Lear, Delphi and General Motors. He has an MBA in corporate logistics, with a specialistion in corporate finance, and previously majored in foreign trade. He is fluent in spanish and english.