Nildemar Secches
Director
Business
WEG industries
Brazil
Biography
Dr. Nildemar Secches serves as the Independent Vice Chairman of the Board of Weg SA since April 27, 2010. Prior to this, he served as Independent Member of the Company. He was Member of the Executive Board of BNDES and General Manager at Iochpe Maxion Group, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company. Currently, he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of BRF – Brasil Foods SA, Member of the Board of the Latin American Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank, Air Liquid, Ultrapar Participacoes SA, Suzano Papel e Celulose SA and Iochpe Maxion SA. He is also Chairman of ABEF – Associacao Brasileira dos Exportadores de Frango. He gained a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP) in 1971, a Masters in Finance from Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) in 1972 and a Doctorate in Philosophy in Economics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) in 1984.
Research Interest
Business and Management
