(French Commodities Company)
– from 2015 till Dec 2018
Report: to local CEO and Sugar Platform Heat at Geneva
Leading a team of 9 direct employees plus indirect ones from the Accounting, Execution and Logistics originating about 2,7 to 3,5 million tons of sugar per crop, both white sugar packed in 50 kg bags and Raw sugar in Bulk.
Responsible for hiring logistics/terminal at Santos, Paranaguá, Recife and Maceio ports to elevate sugar originated EX-Works, delivered at a transshipment, FCA and FOB.
Responsible for the long term contract to discharge and elevate raw sugar in bulk at PASA/PR, TEAG/Santos and VLI/Santos, bagged sugar in 50 kg bags at TEAPAR/PR to elevate Break Bulk vessels and Container Stuffing Terminals at Santos and Suape/PE.
· Sugar Trader – from 1997 to 2015
Report – Commercial Director at Brazil
Originate sugar and ethanol and development of the relationship with the mills at Center South and NE.
Research of the different variables related to the crop survey, logistics, vessel line-ups, port terminal capacities to help the Platform to built the S&D.
Direct relationship at Unica, CTC and other entities of the sector.
Cash and Carries:
Sugar – Hire warehouses at the interior of SP and PR where we would run cash and carry program with both raw and bagged sugar when the mkt justified and paid for the operation.
Ethanol – Hire tankage at different mills to originate Hydrous ethanol during the harvest and sell at the inter-crop to cash the price difference the ethanol market usually pays due to the cash stressed situation of a big part of the sector.
Direct participation in the process where LDC purchased Sugar mills from different groups and regions (MG, SP, MS, PB and RN) starting at 1998/1999.
· Tax Lawyer – from 1993 to 1997
Report – Legal Director of the Region
Responsible for the special VAT Tax Regime the company use to have at GO and MS to originate soybean and corn to crush at GO and PR.
Responsible to import milk power from Argentina and Europe aiming to use the VAT credit the company use to accumulate due to the soybean crush operations.
A brief experience importing rice from Vietnam to the NE and consequent sale to the whole sale mkt to help the Rice division that got stuck with this cargo afloat.
Sanbra – Sociedade Algodoeira do Nordeste S/A. (Bunge)
Tax Lawyer – from July 88 to April 93
Responsible to keep the company aware about the different VAT legislation within the Country at States like Bahia, Goiás, Matos Grosso, Sao Paulo and Parana and responsible for the different Special Tax Regime the Company use to have at the above mentioned States.
Started looking after the Soybean crush Plants and ended up being the Head Lawyer for the Cotton Division under Andrew Macdonald’s leadership supervising the cotton program origination and ginning at different States to control the VAT accumulation and its consequences with the PIS/Cofins.
Banco Nacional S/A
May 85 to April 86
Worked at Export Department running and issuing the different paperwork related to SECEX and Central Bank to support the Forex Exchange Operations and allow the Companies from different sector the Bank use to have as Customers to collect the proceeds.
Franco Consultoria Empresarial Ltda