Nelson Sal
Director
Business
CBBC
Brazil
Biography
Born in 1960, Mr. Salgado graduated in engineering and earned a master’s degree from the University of São Paulo. In 1997 he was awarded a PhD Degree in computational Mechanics by the Wessex Institute of Technology, England and later became a visiting professor at the aeronautical engineering division of ITA, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica. In 2002 he completed a MBA at Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo. Mr. Salgado has been with Embraer for 27 years. Having started at the engineering department, he held executive positions on corporate functions such as Strategic Planning, Economical and Financial Planning and Mergers and Acquisitions. From early 2012 to January 2014 he was the CEO of Visiona Tecnologia Espacial, a joint venture company formed by Embraer and Telebras. In February 2014, Mr. Salgado rejoined Embraer S.A. as Vice President of Institutional Relations and Sustainability.
Research Interest
Buisness and Management