"I define myself as a change leader. Change for me is growth, not change for no good reason. My career was in the supply chain until I became an entrepreneur. I started as an engineer and became a manager when in my mid 20's. From there, my roles went into strategical levels and senior leadership. I started leading teams from the factory floor, working with operational people, truck drivers, and warehouse operators and with a strong background in quality. I worked by doing and implementing projects hands-on with my teams with great results. During my years involved with the sustainability logistics program at Unilever, we reduced CO2e emissions by 22%. I got good at that, and I was also good at developing processes and frameworks and new approaches to doing things. That went noticed. I began to see myself as being an "intrapreneur", always in the role of a change agent transforming the organisations, improving, going beyond. ​I believe that was what brought me to more strategic and senior positions influencing boards and different market leaders and what allowed me to become a sustainable business designer.

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After 24 years, 13 of which at the leadership at Unilever, a best-in-class company in sustainability ( #1 Supply Chain according to Gartner since 2017), I've shaped my hunger for doing more in creating responsible business and supporting more significant transformations. I became to believe that all companies could do good in the world. I learned that was possible by helping to lead the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, under our CEO at the time, Paul Polman. I learned about making sustainable business happen on the job before I studied any theory. But learning about the science, history and sociology behind it was an open mind moment for me. I become an entrepreneur, empowering others.

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When people asked me what have I done in the companies I worked for the list is very long. I have acted as a designer and implementer of different processes and frameworks such as sustainability road maps​ for supply chains, including logistics and global quality programs. Factories became benchmarks in lean manufacturing under my coordination and full businesses established effective S&OP processes designed by me. I managed most operations in the supply chain and was the end-to-end head of one of the Latin American businesses at Unilever for a while. I also changed as a person, outgrowing my previous self. Training in mindfulness and deeper awareness, I could apply and develop new leadership models. For me, to be a valuable professional needs to come hand in hand with being a sound human being.

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What makes me proud, beyond any other positive changes I created, is knowing I have influenced the lives of people I coached to grow and to achieve their goals positively. It is through knowing my work had a positive effect on the quality of life of others that I find fulfilment. Operators and truck drivers in Brazil and all over the Americas got better work conditions and became happier and more effective professionals. Women I coached are now empowered and have assumed new leadership positions. Many of my team members are now managing their teams successfully. Leaders I have influenced are today more conscious and responsible ones. I feel happy I helped that to happen."