Summary

Work experience

• Area Sales Manager Americas and southern Europe

  PFLITSCH GmbH & Co. KG

  2025.03-Current

  (a year)
• Director of Corporate Internationalization and Business Development

  Câmara Brasil-Alemanha de São Paulo | AHK Brasil

  2021.04-2024.01

  (3 years)

  German-Brazilian Chamber of Industry and Commerce - Leading the chamber's largest department with reporting to the management board and managing a team of up to 12 employees distributed across public and private projects as well as events. - Responsible for revenue generation, with the department for foreign trade being considered to be the chamber's commercial arm. - Drafting project proposals with high commercial impact: green mining and safety of retention basins, gaming industry, and energy efficiency in biogas production. - Responsible for building and maintaining contacts with government agencies and professional associations in Brazil and Germany. - Managing foreign trade activities, trade fairs, consulting, and business partnership facilitation, as well as participating in trade fairs and conferences. - Tasked with promoting economic exchange between Brazilian and German companies to ensure technology transfer, financing, and project management. - Managing delegations, business meetings, and seminars, preparing market studies and research for clients, projects related to trade promotion and/or investments. - Managing cooperation agreements between the AHK and government agencies and professional associations (CNI, GIZ, etc.). Show less
• Director, Center for Competence in Natural Resources and Mining

  Câmara Brasil-Alemanha de São Paulo

  2016.01-2021.04

  (5 years)

  - Responsible for developing an action plan for the competence center with the aim of establishing a data platform to identify interested partner companies in the mining sector. - Responsible for conducting technology symposiums in Parauapebas (Pará), Goiânia (Goiás), and at the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin. - Responsible for preparing and drafting the program for the Brazil-Germany Mining Conference. Activities included evaluating potential sponsors, partner companies, and searching for speakers from the mining sector. The first conference had 120 participants. - Establishment of the Mining Committee of the Chamber of Commerce with various initiatives to enhance the visibility of suppliers to mining companies. Show less
• Consultant

  VDMA

  2003.08-2015.12

  (12 years)

  The VDMA is an association of companies operating in the machinery and industrial equipment sector, with more than 3,000 member companies and divided into specialized associations (chambers). - Activities focused on the specialized chamber for construction machinery and mining equipment. Organizing roadshows with CEOs of companies supplying equipment for the production of construction materials to Peru, Chile, and Brazil. - Responsible for acquiring new members. - Leading working groups focused on agenda setting, inviting speakers, coordinating content, and organizing activities. - Advisor to the advisory board of the Ceramitec trade fair, Munich. - Responsible for representing the interests of stakeholders in the ceramic furnace industry to the European Commission. Show less
• Sales Consultant

  Gothaer

  2002.10-2003.06

  (9 months)

  In 2014, Asstel was integrated into the parent company. - Drafting and submission of insurance proposals for property and transportation insurance in the former insurance department of Asstel.
• Junior Consultant

  innovationSEED

  2002.04-2002.09

  (6 months)

  - Preparation and execution of a strategic innovation workshop at Sony Music Brazil. - Support in the development of the innovationSEED website. - Participation in the selection process for company interns.

Educational experience

• Universität zu Köln

  Diploma, Estudos Regionais da América Latina
• Universität zu Köln

  Diplom-Kaufmann, Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Fundação Getulio Vargas

  Semestre realizado no Brasil, Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Istituto Universitario Orientale, Neapel

  Semestre realizado no Exterior, Idioma e Literatura Portuguesa e Italiana

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