Felipe Mendes

Felipe Mendes

Chief Executive Officer @ Pitzi

About

Helping boards and executives unlock growth through complex business transformations. With 35+ years leading large-scale change across Latin America, I’ve guided service, retail, and consumer goods companies through mergers, acquisitions, and digital reinventions — delivering measurable results where change is hardest. At 34, I became president of a multinational, launching a career defined by steering organizations through transformation in high-resistance environments. I’ve led three mergers with distinct playbooks and worked inside companies acquired by global investors KKR and Advent, gaining a unique perspective on how external capital reshapes businesses to unlock value. Today, I serve as a board advisor, keynote speaker, and consultant, translating transformation challenges into clear, actionable strategies that improve P&L, strengthen market position, and accelerate change. If you’re preparing for significant growth, a strategic shift, or a complex transition, I can help you build the roadmap — and deliver the results.

Country

Brazil

City

São Paulo

Industry

Management Consulting

Skill

Go-to-Market Strategy, Market Planning, Business Process, Retail Sales, Value Chain Management, Strategic Planning, Digital Literacy, Mentoring, Planejamento estratégico, Team Management, Leadership, Digital Transformation, Scenario Planning, Sales Management, Business Development, Business Transformation, Business Planning, People Development, gfknewron, Customer Insight

Experience

Pitzi

Chief Executive Officer

Pitzi

LinkedIn
2025-10 - Present · 1 yr

São Paulo, Brazil

Helping retailers to increase their margins, while reducing their headaches, by being their preferred partner in the development of insurance solutions. As an insurtech, our job is to act where there are potential frictions in the process, so we bring the best insurance companies for retail partners specialized in Durables and Telecom products, developing smart repairing solutions for Telecom products, training in-store teams to make sales which consumers value, delivering fast and accurate processes to facilite consumers in their insurance policy approvals jouirney, providing telecom subscription models.

Brains&Bytes: Estratégia para Transformação

Founder

Brains&Bytes: Estratégia para Transformação

LinkedIn
2025-4 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

São Paulo, Brazil

Conhecimento e experiência prática na condução de processos de transformação, através de: 1) Participação em Conselhos: experiência em fusões e integrações, em Transformação digital e em redesenhos comerciais, para orientar a tomada de decisões estratégicas. 2) Palestras e Workshops sobre Transformação Organizacional: insights práticos sobre o mindset necessário para a Transformação Digital e Cognitiva, preparando os time para enfrentar os desafios que o processo trará. 3) Mentorias para Líderes e Equipes Executivas: acompanhamento durante todo o processo, garantindo o foco estratégico e a flexibilidade tática necessária para o sucesso da Transformação. 4) Consultoria para Projetos Específicos: modelo Gestalt para análise de macro forças, Estruturação do Planejamento Estratégico até o progresso tático, Revisão do desenho de go to market.

Silver Angels

Startups' Investor

Silver Angels

LinkedIn
2019-11 - Present · 6 yrs 11 mos

São Paulo, Brasil

Análise e investimento em startups com viés tecnológico (e problemas reais). Aportamos capital e experiência.

FIA Business School

MBA/Executive Education Professor

FIA Business School

LinkedIn
2024-9 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

São Paulo, Brazil

NielsenIQ

Latin America Vice President, Tech&Durables Vertical

NielsenIQ

LinkedIn
2023-7 - 2025-3 · 1 yr 9 mos

Brazil

Mandate: Leveraging all the assets of NielsenIQ ecosystem, to accelerate growth opportunities of Tech&Durables market measurement and analytics. Main results: - launching 2 new markets: Mexico and El Salvador - expanding the marketplace measurement for Argentina, and the regional online measurement in Brazil and Chile - first region in NielsenIQ to bundle premium analytics with regular subscriptions, accelerating growth

GfK - An NIQ Company

General Manager, Latin America

GfK - An NIQ Company

LinkedIn
2017-11 - 2023-7 · 5 yrs 9 mos

Brazil

Mandate: leading GfK transformation in Latin America, towards the vision of being the #1 (consumer and market) data intelligence and analytics firm, enabled by AI (augmented intelligence), for Clients and Retailers of Consumer Products.

GfK - An NIQ Company

Country Manager, Brazil

GfK - An NIQ Company

LinkedIn
2015-10 - 2017-11 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Brazil

Consolidating the leadership of all business operations in Brazil, supporting the development of 450 employees. - Mandate: leveraging the power of all GfK's data assets and people skills in Brazil, to deliver integrated and actional information for our Clients, while fostering growth opportunities to our most talented employees.

GfK - An NIQ Company

Managing Director, Consumer Experiences, Brazil

GfK - An NIQ Company

LinkedIn
2012-7 - 2015-9 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Brazil

Leading the largest division in Brazil, besides running shared services for all the 4 companies in the country. Mandate: implementing a new brand positioning and product portfolio, to deliver a greater service to our Clients and solid results to GfK, while continuously raising the engagement of our employees.

Conselho do Varejo

Advisory Board Member - Associação Comercial de São Paulo

Conselho do Varejo

2021-8 - 2023-6 · 1 yr 11 mos

São Paulo, Brazil

Supporting the development of the local retail, in different sectors, through counselling and advising.

Kobold Gestora de Fundos

Advisory Board Member

Kobold Gestora de Fundos

LinkedIn
2017-5 - 2021-5 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Brazil

Mandate: supporting Company management to make the transition to a scalable business model, which can deliver exponential growth and sustainable competitive advantage.

Ipsos

Managing Director, Marketing Business Unit, Brazil

Ipsos

LinkedIn
2010-1 - 2012-6 · 2 yrs 6 mos

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Business Unit leader, responsible for managing 70 people in the Commercial area and selling information services to the largest CPG and Healthcare clients in Brazil. Mandate: 1st) re structuring the go to market approach, regarding structure design, way of work and commercial mindset. 2nd) growing faster than market, while integrating Synovate team into Ipsos way of work, with minimal disruption.

Research International

Country Manager, Brazil

Research International

LinkedIn
2008-6 - 2010-1 · 1 yr 8 mos

Responsible to manage the 4th largest market research company in Brazil, with 60 employees and with direct report to the Global CEO. Mandate: making a turnaround in Commercial and Financial areas, bringing company back to growth and profitability. After 12 months leading this company, I had to support the merge between Research International and TNS, desiging the Commercial plan, Pricing Strategy and implementing the Operational Plan.

Education

Harvard Business School Executive Education

Harvard Business School Executive Education

LinkedIn

Business Administration and Management, General

2019-1 - 2023-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo
Fundação Dom Cabral

Fundação Dom Cabral

LinkedIn

"Boards that Deliver"

2022-6 - 2022-6 · 1 mo
FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas

FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas

LinkedIn

Business Administration and Management, General

2017 - 2017
Harvard Business School Executive Education

Harvard Business School Executive Education

LinkedIn

Leading Professional Services Firms

2016 - 2016
London Business School

London Business School

LinkedIn

Growing your business

2015 - 2015
ESPM

ESPM

LinkedIn

Marketing

1996 - 1998 · 2 yrs

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