Emerson de Almeida
Founder & President of the Board Committee
Emerson de Almeida was the Dean of Fundação Dom Cabral since its creation in 1976 until
2012, when he became President of the Board Committee. He has a Bachelor degree in
Economics from the College of Economic Sciences – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. He
also has a “Maitrise” from the University of Paris – Institut Français de Presse – (1972).
Dean Almeida has guided the negotiations to implement the alliances with INSEAD (France),
Kellogg (USA) and University of British Columbia (Canada). He is currently guiding the
implementation of a network corporation among business schools in Latin America and BRICs
(Brazil, Russia, India and China). Dean Almeida has directed the implementation of the FDC
Partnership projects with companies; currently, FDC has almost 700 associated companies.
He is a member of the International Advisory Council of Guanghua Business School (Peking
University), the International INSEAD Council (France), and was elected in 2010 by the Brazilian
magazine Época (Special Edition) one of the 100 most influential Brazilians.
He is the author of the book “Plantando Carvalhos - Fundamentos da Empresa Relevante”,
Campus Press, 2011, which is the second edition of “Fundamentos da Empresa Relevante
– Meu aprendizado na FDC”, Campus Press, 2006, and has many articles written.