Deborah Stern Vieitas is the CEO at the American Chamber for Brazil. First woman in this position in 96 years of Amcham’s history, Stern Vieitas was also elected Top Ten Business Women in Brazil in 2014 by Valor Econômico, a leading Brazilian economic newspaper. With a solid executive career in large financial institutions, she also held the presidency of the International Banks Association in Brazil. Before joining Amcham Brazil, she was the CEO of the Brazilian subsidiary of Caixa Geral de Depósitos, having also worked for BNP Paribas, Crédit Commercial de France, and Unibanco in Brazil. Stern Vieitas has a strong educational background with an MBA in international economics from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and in public administration from École Nationale d’ Administration (ENA - France). She also has a bachelor's in administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo, and in communications from Escola de Comunicação e Artes of the University of São Paulo.