EMBRAER REINFORCES LATIN AMERICA SALES TEAM
Company focuses on the growing demand for executive jets in the region
São José dos Campos, February 13, 2008 – Embraer added three representatives to its
executive jet sales team, in order to handle the recent growing demand in Latin America.
Fernando Lacerda, Gustavo Teixeira, and Rafael Mugnaini are the three new sales managers
who will work with customers in different regions.
“We commemorate the development of business aviation in Latin America by offering
revolutionary jets and by counting on dedicated personnel for steadily improving our
customer services,” said Breno Corrêa, Embraer Vice President, Marketing and Sales – Latin
America, Executive Jets. “This step is in line with Embraer’s solid commitment to become
one of the main manufacturers in this market.”
L-R: Rafael Mugnaini, Fernando Lacerda,
Breno Corrêa, and Gustavo Teixeira
About the New Sales Managers
Fernando Lacerda has a degree in Marketing and is a commercial helicopter pilot with ten
years of experience in executive aircraft sales. He is responsible for sales in Brasília (DF) and
the States of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and
Tocantins, as well as Colombia, Ecuador, and Central America.
Gustavo Teixeira has a Mechanical Engineering degree from the Federal University of Santa
Catarina (UFSC), an MBA from the University of São Paulo (USP), and specialization in
Economy from the University of Grenoble, France. During his eight years with Embraer, he has
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been involved with developing and certifying several aircraft, and he has glider, private and
commercial pilot licenses. Teixeira is responsible for sales in the States of Alagoas, Bahia,
Ceará, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte,
Piauí e Sergipe, as well as Bolivia, Guyana, French Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Rafael Mugnaini is a Production Engineer with a post-graduate degree in Marketing and an
MBA from the Brazilian Capital Market Institute (Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais IBMEC). He has seven years of experience with business aircraft in the Brazilian market and
is responsible for the States of Paraná, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul,
and Santa Catarina, plus Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
All of the new sales managers will also work in the State of São Paulo.
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Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. - NYSE: ERJ; Bovespa: EMBR3) is the
world’s largest manufacturer of commercial jets up to 120 seats, and one of Brazil's leading
exporters. Embraer's headquarters are located in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, and it has
offices, industrial operations and customer service facilities in Brazil, the United States,
France, Portugal, China and Singapore. Founded in 1969, the Company designs, develops,
manufactures and sells aircraft for the Commercial Aviation, Executive Aviation, and
Defense and Government segments. The Company also provides after sales support and
services to customers worldwide. On December 31, 2007, Embraer had a workforce of
23,734 employees and a firm order backlog of US$ 18.8 billion.
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Headquarters (Brazil)
North America
Europe, Middle East and Africa
China
Rosana Dias
[email protected]
Cell: +55 12 9724 4929
Tel.: +55 12 3927 1311
Fax: +55 12 3927 2411
Pedro Ferraz
[email protected]
Cell: +1 954 651 1871
Tel.: +1 954 359 3414
Fax: +1 954 359 4755
Stéphane Guilbaud
[email protected]
Cell: +33 6 7522 8519
Tel.: +33 1 4938 4455
Fax: +33 1 4938 4456
Tracy Chen
[email protected]
Cell: +86 139 1018 2281
Tel.: +86 10 6598 9988
Fax: +86 10 6598 9986