Luiz Flavio Leite
President @ Azelis
About
With over 25 years of leadership across life sciences, I have had the privilege of driving growth, transformation, and social impact in diverse markets spanning Latin America, North America, Africa, and Europe. Throughout my career at DSM-Firmenich, I’ve led businesses at regional and global scale, managed full P&Ls, and spearheaded innovative commercial models in sectors including food & beverages, dietary supplements, pharma, cosmetics, oil processing, and animal nutrition. My journey has taken me from launching fortified food programs and digital platforms in Africa and Latin America, to co-creating global partnerships such as Avansya (JV with Cargill) for sustainable sweeteners. 🔹 Key highlights: • Delivered $50M+ incremental revenues through new business models and partnerships in Africa & LatAm. • Directed regional teams impacting 50M+ lives via food fortification and nutrition programs. • Successfully managed carve-outs, integrations, and high-growth platforms with global cross-functional teams. • Deep expertise in commercial excellence, marketing, strategy, and transformation.
Brazil
São Paulo
Health, Wellness & Fitness
Climate, Public Health, Sustainable Business, Sustainable Agriculture, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Financial Analysis, Leadership, Sales Strategy, Executive Leadership, Strategic Leadership, Account Planning, Analytical Skills, Sales, Interpersonal Skills, Team Management, P&L Management, Sales Processes, Customer Experience, Strategic Thinking, Sales and Marketing
Experience
President
Azelis
São Paulo, Brazil
President / Managing Director of Vogler - an Azelis Company
VP, Regional SMO Americas
dsm-firmenich
São Paulo, Brazil
In my most recent role as Regional SMO Americas at dsm-firmenich, I lead cross-functional separation initiatives for the global carve-out of the Animal Nutrition and Health business, coordinating execution across North and Latin America while ensuring alignment with global leadership.
Vice President
dsm-firmenich
Head East Africa
dsm-firmenich
Vice President East Africa
DSM
Nairobi County, Kenya
Managing Director
DSM
Africa and Latam
Improving the livelihood of smallholder farmers via sustainable, accessible, affordable protein production in vulnerable areas of Africa & Latin America
Sr. Program Director - DSM Nutritional Products
DSM
São Paulo Area, Brazil
Managing a program uniquely positioned to advance one of the World's Sustainable Development Goals - SDG #2 - to end hunger, improve smallholders livelihoods through affordable, accessible and sustainable animal protein production and commercialization
Global Business Director - Sugar reduction platform
DSM
Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
Global Business Director Sugar Reduction Platform - responsible for business development, partnerships, marketing and sales of the sweetener solutions platform of DSM
VP Growth Platforms
DSM
San Diego, California, United States
Global responsible for the Growth Platforms of Enzyme solutions for DSM Food Specialties. Oils & Fats platform Managing the integration of Veranium Biotech acquisition into DSM Food Specialties Enzymes for oil processing - enzymatic degumming - increasing the yields of protein and oil outputs General management of the acquired business Managing global accounts in oil processing: Cargill, Bunge, ADM, Louis Dreyfus Leading global business development, R&D, mkt and sales with teams in the US, The Netherlands, Latam & China
Global Director Project Management
DSM
Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands
Global project management for marketing and sales excellence at corporate DSM Working in Asia (China, India, Japan), US and Europe
Country Director Brazil
DSM
Sao Paulo
GM - General Manager DSM Brazil Country Head Human Nutrition and Health Responsible for P&L operations, manufacturing, quality, marketing & sales
(NI) Latam Nutrition Improvement Program Lead
DSM
Central America
Managing all NI activities for Latin America : (FRK) fortified rice kernels development, sugar fortification, flour & dairy Responsible for advocacy, government relations, partnerships with foundations, NGOs in the region Business development
Regional Manager Central America & The Caribbean
DSM
Costa Rica
Regional manager human nutrition and health business leading marketing and sales organization New business development: staple food fortification programs - rice , sugar, flour, milk fortification
Member
ABIAD - Assoc. Brasileira da Industria de Alimentos para Fins Especiais
Representing DSM
Account manager
Roche
Managing pharma and personal care/cosmetics accounts in the Brazilian and Latin American markets
Marketing Analyst
Stiefel, a GSK company
São Paulo Area, Brazil
Sales Representative
Pfizer
São Paulo Area, Brazil
Education
IMD
Business Administration and Management, General
INCAE Business School
INCAE Business School
General Management
FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas
Marketing
Masters In Marketing
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Biochemistry and Food Technology
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Biochemistry & Pharmacy
Pharmacy & Biochemistry
Universidade Positivo
Business administration, international trade
Business Administration and International trading
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