Profiles: G

Sergio Giácomo has been Head of Communications and Institutional Relations for Latin America at GE since March. One of the original Latin America 50, his prior role was Director of Corporate Communications at Brazilian mining giant Vale, where he was considered to be the region’s most powerful Communications chief. He joined Vale in 2010 after spending almost a decade with Shell in both The Hague and Paris. A true Internationalist, his early years were spent on the agency-side with both Edelman and Burson-Marsteller in Europe, Latin America and North America.

Vanessa Giannotti is the Advertising Manager, of NATURA, Brazil’s second largest cosmetic company by revenue and a founding member of the Union for Ethical BioTrade. Natura manufactures and markets eco-friendly beauty products, as well as household and personal care products and solar filters. Using a direct sales model, the company has over 1.2 million consultants throughout Brazil, Latin America and France. Vanessa has been with Natura since 2006; her earlier roles were at Motorola Mobility and Fischer America.