I joined Merck/EMD Surface Solutions (Merck's effect pigment business) in May 2022 as Strategic Marketing Manager Americas for coatings, located in São Paulo, Brazil. After 2,5 years developping and leading regional marketing strategies in transportation coatings market for the Americas region (USA+Canada, Mexico, Brazil…) and interacting with the regional design community, I am now moving to a new role. From September 1st, 2024, I am fully supporting the Latam (Brazil, Mexico, Latam Distribution channel) sales team by designing business strategies and identifying new trends and opportunities for the 3 business segments : Coatings, Cosmetics and Industrials.Before that new adventure, with +20 years of automotive design international experience and a full knowledge of the whole design activities spectrum, I was running Peugeot and Citroën's South American Design activities until São Paulo Design Studio's closure as a result of the Stellantis merger. I've been in charge of the creative direction of the studio for all design activities including : exterior, interior, CMF, A-Class / surface design, perceived quality, CGI/visualization design on all development phases (advanced design, project design, serial life alterations...) for both Peugeot and Citroën brands. Lately, product (non-automotive) design was added to this portfolio through the launch of the regional Peugeot Design Lab satellite studio of which I was in charge of the creative lead for.As a regional head / design manager, I was reporting to the world design headquarters in France (direct report to Peugeot & Citroën design VPs ), and was assuming the creative lead of a team up to 10 professionals.In addition to my journey I do love interacting with the creative community through occasional conferences and lectures opportunities such as IAF World Fashion Convention 2017, Casa Vogue Experience 2022, or regular interventions and workshops for design students at Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Royal College of Art, Carleton University, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia…
Listed skills include Leadership, Team Building, Design De Concept, Public Speaking, and 22 others.