Gabriel Rico has been the CEO of Amcham Brazil—the largest international Amcham among 114 in the world—since February 2008. Throughout his career, Mr. Rico has served as CEO in companies such as Editora Abril, Listel, Totalcom and Dow Chemical. Previously, Mr. Rico held various marketing and sales positions including vice president of Seagram Brazil, marketing director of Kellogg’s Brazil and marketing manager of Kibon (Kraft Foods). He holds an engineering degree from Escola Politécnica of the Universidade de São Paulo and a postgraduate degree in business administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.