J OSUÉ C HRISTIANO G OMES
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S ILVA , P RESIDENT (B RAZIL )
Josué Gomes is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Companhia de Tecidos Norte de Minas – Coteminas, the Latin
America’s largest textile group and a leading bed and bath home
fashion product company, with manufacturing facilities in several
countries in the American continent. He is a founder and
Chairman of the Board of Cantagalo General Grains S.A., a
Board Member of Embraer and of Petrobrás. Josué is also
CoChair of the Brazil – United States CEOs Forum; board
member of the Instituto de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento
Industrial - IEDI and was the President of this Institute from 2005
through 2009; member of the Strategic Committee of the
Conselho de Empresários da América Latina – CEAL, and Vice
President of the Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São
Paulo – FIESP. Josué Gomes was the President of Associação
Brasileira da Indústria Têxtil e de Confecção - ABIT from 2005
through 2007.
He is President of the International Textile Manufacturers
Federation – ITMF; a member of the Owen School Corporate
Council of the Vanderbilt University; and a member of the Board
of visitors of the Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo
Octavio Frias de Oliveira - ICESP.
Josué has a graduate degree in civil engineering from the
Federal University of Minas Gerais and a law degree from
Faculdade Milton Campos. He has a master’s degree in
business administration from Vanderbilt University, USA, where
he received the Founder’s Medal in recognition for his academic
achievement.