Manoel Amorim
Business executive and board director
Manoel Amorim is a business executive who has led companies in Latin America, Europe and the US. He wrote The Secret of Culture Change.
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About Manoel Amorim
Manoel Amorim has been president or chief executive of several companies in Brazil, Latin America, Europe and the US. His roles include chief executive of Telefonica Brazil and of the Brazilian electronics retailer Globex, and executive chairman of Vivo. He also led Abril Education as chief executive and took it public in 2012. He has served on corporate boards in six countries, including Mastercard International. His leadership of cultural and business change at Telefonica Brazil became a case study in a Harvard Business School class. Amorim trained as an engineer at the Instituto Militar de Engenharia in Rio de Janeiro, and he earned an MBA at Harvard University. He is a founding partner of MXF Investments and K2A Partners, and he wrote The Secret of Culture Change.