Product manager of Sandoz Brazil from 1975 to 1986, and director of Sandoz SA between 1986 to 1996.
Member of the board and chairman of the governance committee of Novartis AG from 1998 to 2018.
Member of the board and of the audit committee (2000-2008) of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture in Basel.
Founder of the Instituto Estrela de Fomento ao Microcredito (2005), Brazil, and of Amazentis SA (2007), a research company in disruptive solutions for therapeutic nutrition.
Chairman of the Sandoz Family Foundation until 2017, monitoring the Foundation’s development in several investment sectors.
Founder of AxialPar, Brazil, active in fresh organic vegetables, breeding native fish species in southern Brazil and in the Amazon region.
Partner of the Swiss private bank Landolt & Cie SA until 2021.
Also acquired an agricultural estate in the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil, the Fazenda Tamanduá, converting it into a model farm in biodynamic production and wildlife protection.