Maurício Botelho has transformed Brazil’s regional aircraft maker from a money-losing dud into a profit-driven enterprise that has won the respect and support of the international markets. He is LatinFinance’s CEO of the Year.
Category: People
Leading the Emerging Markets Charge
Victor Menezes, CEO and chairman of Citibank, is overseeing the bank’s expansion in fast-growing regions. He began his Latin American career in the ’80s and knows the region’s perils well.
The Struggle for Survival
After launching a spectacular IPO in 1999, StarMedia founder and CEO Fernando Espuelas now has to prove that he can build a business and not just burn cash.
Petrobras’s Makeover Man
Philippe Reichstul has jettisoned old-fashioned management ways and begun building the Brazilian oil company into a modern corporation. His success makes him LatinFinance’s CEO of the year.
Coverlink Arrives in Latin America
Ana Patricia Botín, president of Coverlink and daughter of BSCH CEO Emilio Botín, is expanding her Internet service company to Latin America, beginning with Mexico where Coverlink has acquired software […]
Andina’s CEO Shift
Jaime Garcia has taken over as CEO at Chilean Coke bottler Embotelladora Andina, replacing Erwin Hahn, who ran the company for four years. This is Garcia’s second tour of duty […]
Duke’s Energetic Wager
LatinFinance talks with Bruce Williamson, president and CEO of Duke Energy International, the US-based oil and gas company, about why it sunk $1.2 billion into Latin America in within a quick five months last year.
Embraer Corporate Profile
Soon after Mauricio Botelho took over as CEO of Brazil’s Embraer in September 1995, he hung a photograph of an airplane in the lobby of the corporate office in São […]