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Ahlstrom-Munksjö creates sustainable, good-quality, and innovative fiber-based solutions. Being one of the world’s leading players in the field, Ahlstrom-Munksjö wants to expand the role of fiber for a sustainable everyday life.

Ahsltrom-Munksjö Brasil operates in three different areas of business: Industrial Solutions, Filtration & Performance, and Decor. They have three plants in Brazil, which are located in Caieiras, Jacareí and Louveira. Products manufactured in these plants include flexible packaging material, coffee filters, labels and tags among many other products.

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Valmir Piton, Country Manager and Plant General Manager of Caieiras

Business Finland is the Finnish government organization for innovation funding and trade, investment, and travel promotion. Business Finland has 40+ offices globally dedicated to supporting businesses around the world.

As a part of the Team Finland Network, Business Finland fosters growth by helping Finnish businesses go global and by supporting and funding innovations. Their task in Brazil is to build bridges and win-win partnerships between private companies and government organizations from both countries to generate new lucrative business. Services are designed for companies aiming for bold business growth and renewal on international markets.

Business Finland office in Brazil offers free-of-charge services for internationalization in the following areas:

Advice for global growth and target market;
Access to business contacts and group visits;
Advice on local business culture and behaviour;
Market information (studies, opportunities).

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Matti Landin, Trade Commissioner

COROB is a global technology leader from Italy.  COROB designs, produces & services color solutions for diverse industries, including paints and coatings. Their solutions include dispensers, mixers and shakers, In-plant systems, software and all-in-one solutions for retailers.

 
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Reubens Da Cunha, Vice President and
Managing Director

Evac is the world’s leading provider of integrated water and waste management systems, as well as corrosion-protection systems, for the marine, offshore, and building industries. Evac is the world’s leading provider of vacuum collection systems, wastewater treatment systems, fresh water generation systems, dry and wet waste treatment systems, marine growth prevention systems, and corrosion protection systems. Their cutting-edge solutions and services have been helping leading global players in these industries to significantly reduce their environmental footprint for 40 years.

 
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Cyril Bernard

Foreign Business Development (FbD) aims to prepare, monitor and, eventually, manage branches of companies interested in developing in the Brazilian market for foreign companies, and abroad for Brazilian companies. FbD, with fifty years of experience, implementing and managing industries, commercial and/or service companies, in multiple sectors, knows how to customize its work to the needs of its customers and the peculiarities of each market, counting when necessary with partners in over 40 countries.

The company has in its portfolio projects from the most varied sectors such as chemistry for health; electronics for satellites, aeronautics and submarines; technology transfer (computers; automobile sector); luxury textile industry; logistics ; tourism (construction of a marina); testing laboratory ; business consulting ; engineering ; construction ; sanitation ; film production; bakery and winemaking; between others.

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Jean-Pierre Bernard

Frictape is an innovative family-owned materials engineering company founded in 1997.  Frictape is the world’s largest manufacturer of safety nets for seagoing vessels. Their nets have been installed on offshore helidecks, cruising ships, private yachts, and onshore buildings. Frictape has regional partners around the world.

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João Felipe, General Manager

Lawyer, OAB/PE 9.220

National and international practice in the areas of Customs, Tax, Business and Foreign Trade Law.

Consul of Finland in Brazil, with jurisdiction in the states of Pernambuco, Alagoas, Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte.

Founder and current president of the Customs Law and Foreign Trade Commission of OAB/PE.

Author or co-author of articles with legal, economic and/or geopolitical content published in digital media and widely circulated press.

Born in Recife/PE, on July 9, 1962.

Son of Gileno Inocêncio Lima, RFB tax auditor, and Maria Auxiliadora de Azevedo Lima, plastic artist, both of whom are now deceased.

From January 1980, he started, simultaneously, the Law course at the traditional Recife Faculty of Law, an institution of the Federal University of Pernambuco, and the Economics course at the Faculty of Human Sciences of Recife/PE.

He held the position of Secretary of the Parliamentary Cabinet of the Federal Chamber of Deputies, providing services of Cabinet of Federal Deputy in Pernambuco.

He attended a university extension course in Political Science at the National University of Brasília.

He worked as a parliamentary assistant in the National Constituent Assembly that culminated in the promulgation of the Constitution of the Republic in 1988.

He founded and was the first secretary of the Pernambuco Business Lawyers Association – AAEPE

He was legal director of the Pernambuco Commercial Association for twelve years.

He was the holder of the Port Authority Council of the Port of Suape, in Pernambuco, for twelve years.

In 2006 he received the Trophy for "Best Customs Lawyer in Brazil", in São Paulo, chosen in a public opinion poll in entities linked to Foreign Trade.

In 2006 he received the "Anita Garibaldi Trophy", in Rio Grande do Sul, in recognition of his legal services.

In 2006 he received the "Pride of Pernambuco Trophy", in commemoration of the 180th anniversary of Jornal Diário de Pernambuco.

In 2007 he received the "Troféu Guerreiro", from the newspaper "O Eco do Vale", from the city of Bento Gonçalves / RS.

In 2008, he received the "Medal of Merit José Mariano", from the City Council of Recife.

He is Commander of the "Order of Consular Merit", awarded by the Consular Corps of Brazil.

He is Knight Templar Hospitaller of the Order of Saint Thomas of Acre of England.

He is a cattleman and honorary citizen of the Municipality of Chã Grande, in Pernambuco.

Hobeco is a Vaisala partner that provides meteorological monitoring technology, adaptable to all types of climates. Hobeco operates in aviation, meteorology, hydrology, renewable energy and many other industries. Hobeco services include equipment integration, installation and maintenance, systems and stations, software and hardware training, and preventive maintenance. Vaisala’s reliable and economical systems and technologies have been implemented all over the world.
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Gilson Lima Feitosa, Diretor

Jan held several executive positions with major US and UK banks and was Director of International of Banco Itau. He left international banking to co-found Brazil’s second-largest metals trading and mining group with global reach and developed Brazil’s first concession granted to consortium of hydropower self-producers.

Subsequently, he founded Invest Partners, a cross-border M&A and private equity investment advisory boutique. He participated in the Government’s privatization program and the country’s largest bankruptcy reorganization. He also made investments in start-up ventures.

Member on several Boards of companies and foundations and certified by Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance. Holds MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Massachusetts. He is H. Consul General Emeritus of Finland in São Paulo.

João Bordon

Career civil servant and policy specialist with 10+ years of experience in public policy-related fields across different industries. Brazil-based Senior Advisor of Business Finland.

Certificate in Governability, Political Management, and Public Management from the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV-SP)/Development Bank of Latin America (CAF). Extension courses at Saint Paul Business School and Aalto University.

Laís Oliveira Leite has a degree in Psychology with a Masters in Education. During her Bachelor's degree, she was a fellow in research programs, such as the Scientific Initiation Program (PIBIC / UFC), and exchange programs, such as the Science Without Borders Program - as part of her degree at Universität Tübingen, Germany.

Laís worked as a trainer and educator in the Cooperative Learning Program in Ceará, helping to consolidate and expand this teaching methodology to public schools in the state. In Finland, she has experience with educational exchange projects between Finland and several countries, including with Brazilian teachers.

Currently, Laís is a doctoral student and her research is about the continuous learning capacity of Pedagogy students in different educational systems, such as in Finland and Brazil. His research interests include initial and continuing teacher education and quantitative research methods. In parallel with her studies, she works on research projects at the University of Eastern Finland and works as an educational consultant for the Finnish edtech Eduix Ltd.

Marcos Jarne

Marcos Jarne has more than 15 years of experience in law practice and in business deals (fintech, banking, capital markets, M&A, VC/PE investments).

Marcos has worked in prominent law firms in Brazil (Pinheiro Neto, Machado Meyer) and in Europe (Spain, Italy). His work experience includes the family office and venture capital firm of investors who control international companies (publicly traded and privately held) as well as Nubank, a leading fintech in Latin America.

Law degree from PUC-SP (Brazil) and postgraduate studies in finance at Insper (Brazil). Executive Education at Harvard Law School and at MIT.

Metso Outotec is a frontrunner in sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions and services for the aggregates, minerals processing, metals refining and recycling industries globally. Metso Outotec is a unique company in its industry, with strengths in technology and R&D, product and process excellence, and scale, as well as its global service offering footprint. In Brazil, Metso Outotec has several locations and distributors that operate in mining, aggregates and metal refining.

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Marcelo Motti, Vice president of Sales

Normet is a fast-growing and innovative technology company. Normet helps their mining and tunnelling partners to continuously improve their processes, increase the safety and productivity of their underground activities, and improve the sustainability of their operations. Their underground offering includes equipment, construction chemicals, rock reinforcement, and a range of different services.

 
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Odilon Mendes, Managing Director

Patrícia Coutinho is a lawyer and a journalist with vast experience in tax law, brazilian hospitality sector and diplomacy.
She is an Honorary Consul of Finland and Swedcham representative in Minas Gerais State and  current director of three associations: ABIH MG (Association of Hotels), ABRAJET (Association of Tourism Journalists) and the Consular Corps of Minas Gerais.
As a lawyer she works with business and tax law, in consultation as well as litigation, for large and nationwide known companies, unions and associations.
Former president of ABIH MG (Hotel Industry Association) during the most remarkable moment of tourism and sport in Brazil, she had the opportunity to assist in organizing major events together with ABIH members,FIFA, COI, Convention Bureau, Abrasel, ACMinas, CDL, Embassies,Secretary of State, BELOTUR, Ministry of Tourism, among many others
She holds a postgraduated degree in Tax Law from PUC/MG, an MBA in Business Economics from FGV/SC and an MBA in International Business with a focus on International Trade Management from ABRACOMEX.
She is also a columnist for “Diplomacy and Tourism” at Jornal MG Turismo. 

Pemamek is a global welding and production automation provider. The company is specialized in designing and manufacturing automated systems for heavy metal industries. Founded in 1970, the company is a family-owned limited company with solid finances (AAA-rated company).

Pöyry is an international engineering, design and consulting company, which operates in various industrial sectors, such as pulp and paper, energy, mining, steel, metallurgy, forest-based industries, food, and infrastructure among others. Pöyry Brazil offers wide range of services such as Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Infrastructure and Logistics Studies, Construction and Assembly Management, Basic and Detailed Engineering, as well as Operational Improvement and Energy Efficiency.

 
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Fabio Fonseca, President Latin America

Renato Pacheco Neto

President EUROCAMARAS-CAE, Chairman EBO-WWN, Honorary Consul General of Sweden, VP Yingke, LatAm BM Alliuris, Legal Affairs Director of Swedcham, Board Legal Advisor of Danish Trade Council.

Roseanne Lunardelli Salomon Fontana is a lawyer with a master's degree in Economic and Social Law, who has worked for several years at a Nordic group company, she has as well as provided legal advice to many distribution channels. In addition to her professional career, Roseanne was responsible for the Youth Exchange Programs, creating several study and living opportunities for young people from different countries, including Scandinavian ones. Roseanne takes on with great honor this new challenge of Honorary Consul of Finland in Curitiba, with jurisdiction over Paraná and Santa Catarina and hopes to be able to assist the Embassy of Finland in her jurisdiction, as well as to contribute for the development of Finnish relations and interests in the Paraná and Santa Catarina.

Sergio Chamone

Sergio Chamone: Honorary Consul General of Finland in Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo, President of Finncham Brazil and Tourism Ambassador of the State of Rio de Janeiro.  He was President of the Nordic Cultural Institute Brazil – Finland in the triennium 2011/14, Counselor of the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro-FIRJAN (2006-2016) and of the Commercial Association of Rio de Janeiro-ACRJ (2012-2017).  He is an entrepreneur in the IT sector, with extensive experience in networking and entrepreneurship.  Master in Production Engineering and graduated in Electrical Engineering both from PUC-RJ.  He was Co-founder and CEO of Logical Systems from 2004 to 2015. Logical was a pioneer in Brazil in the development of mobile technologies for Cell Phones, Smartphones, Tablets for corporate customers.  He worked from 1993 to 2001 at Xerox do Brasil, in the areas of Quality, Corporate Audit, Product Launch and Marketing.  He was one of the member on Xerox's successful participation in the 1993 National Quality Award and a member of the Xerox Mexico reengineering team.  In 2021, he received the Decoration: SOAMAR RIO (Sociedade de Amigos da Marinha do Rio de Janeiro) for his commitment to cooperation with the Brazilian Navy.