MARTIN DESMARAS has over 25 years of experience in international business management in the American, European and Asian continents, performing across a broad spectrum of industry sectors, including chemical, metal-mechanical, agricultural, processed food, wine, textile, plastics, and high technology, where he has designed and implemented strategies for firms seeking to internationalize.

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Founder of the Cambra (Brazil) and Santa Trade (Singapore) chambers of commerce, his areas of expertise include internationalization strategies, localization strategies, market intelligence, and workforce strategies.

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Martin holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science (USAL – Argentina), a Master’s Degree in Cultural Anthropology (UFPE – Brazil), and a PhD in Management Studies (Exeter University – UK), specializing in supply chain management. He was a university lecturer in global business, management of the multinational firm and cross-cultural management in the United States, Brazil, Malaysia and Taiwan. He is currently a lecturer of Business and the Business Environment and Managing a Successful Business Project at the Helsinki School of Business, Finland.

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He is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.