Francisco Neto

Leading Granado's international expansion - building an international team outside of Brazil - accelerating network of free standing stores in major cities in Europe and the USA (phase one) to be followed by opening of stores in Middle East and Asia - establishing worldwide B2B distribution - launching e-commerce platforms - setting-up regional warehousing and fulfillment capabilities

Leading start-up for cosmetics manufacturing facility and state of the art fermentation plant - both in Brazil

Building from scratch supply chain capabilities in Europe: » recruiting an European supply chain team » establishing warehousing and fulfillment capabilities in the UK and Netherlands » successfully launching consumer brands B2B and B2C Leading the transaction for acquisition of a cosmetics manufacturing site in Brazil Ensuring successful start-up of production for Amyris' brands and third parties as contract manufacturer

CEO executing business plan following acquisition by new shareholders (private equity) Executive leadership across all areas, from product development to marketing, sales, HR, supply chain, finance and communication Launched own retail (both free standing stores and e-commerce), building a totally new B2C approach whilst developing international B2B distribution in North America, Europe and Asia Also setting-up a subsidiary in the USA and installing local warehousing and fullfilment capabilities

Consulting for family business and also for Porto's city mayor on major project of reconstruction of the city's oldest market and touristic landmark www.mercadobolhao.pt

Leading sucessfull turnaround in uncertain and declining market (construction) Downsized teams and logistics infrastructure Relaunched brand and corporate identity Established international approach both upstream through active procurement initiatives and downstream starting exports to emerging markets

Central Europe (operations in Czechia, Ukraine and Russia) » Responsible for regional P&L, reporting to Logoplaste’s CEO » Sucessfull execution of strategic master plan for growth in the region » Recruitment and overall management of local team (expats and local hires) » Leading the negotiation of new contracts and industrial start-ups with domestic and multinational customers (e.g. P&G, SC Johnson, Heinz) North America (USA, Canada and Mexico) » Coordination of admin, finance and commercial activities of Logoplaste subsidiaries in USA, Canada and Mexico » Set-up and coordination of regional team to support all business requirements in treasury, finance, controlling, IT and HR, including expats and local hires » Negotiation of new contracts (e.g. P&G, Diageo, Saputo, Henkel) and support to ensure on time on budget start-ups, including SAP roll-outs

» Liaison between sales and manufacturing to ensure sustainable increase in service levels » Automation in key operational areas, improvement of QC and QA procedures, material flows, inventory management and monthly reporting to executive committee

Jan 2004 - April 2005 Executive director of Logoplaste Italia » Setting up of subsidiary from scratch, recruitment of local team, on time on budget industrial start-up of in-house plant for Unilever, including SAP roll-out » Responsible for subsidiary’s P&L, reporting to Logoplaste’s CEO Jan 2000 - Dec 2003 Co-MD & Finance director for Logoplaste UK, based in Reading – England » Overall responsibility for all admin, finance and commercial issues » Successful industrial start-ups of three sites (P&G and Arla foods) » Recruitment and overall management of local team, including expats and local hires Oct 1997 - Dec 1999 Assistant to finance director in Logoplaste Brazil, based in Sao Paulo » Treasury management, financial analysis and pricing (e.g. Danone, Nestle, Reckitt Benckiser) » Project leader and key user for implementation of new ERP

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