Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; MBA, Stanford University. Held positions at Shell Oil and Daimler Benz. 1989, joined Ambev: had roles in finance, operations and sales; January 2004, Chief Executive Officer, Ambev; January 2005, Zone President, North America, InBev; December 2005, Chief Executive Officer, InBev. Member of the Board of Directors, Ambev, Advisory Council of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and serves on the Advisory Board of the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management.