September 20, 2023
Philippe has a degree in Economics from UFRJ (Brazil), an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross Business School (USA), and participated in training at various institutions, including Harvard (USA) and INSEAD (France). He was an executive at Eli Lilly & Co. from 1988 to 2010. During his twenty-two years at Lilly, Philippe performed functions in Strategic Planning, Sales, Marketing and General Management in Brazil, Argentina, USA and Europe.
Before joining Lilly, Philippe worked for L’Oreal and Brahma (now Ambev/ABI) in Brazil. Since 2011 he has been the Senior Partner and CEO of SKP (Brazil) where he manages a broad portfolio of ESG and Impact investments around the world.
He is a Partner and CEO of the Philanthropic Association IEP/AIEP (Brazil), which supports projects in the areas of Environment (focus on Marine Conservation and Forests), Education, Health and Human Rights. He is a member of the Board of Mission Blue (USA), of the Board of the Instituto Ayrton Senna (Brazil), of the Advisory Committee of the Islands of Rio Project (Brazil), of the Advisory Committee of WWF Brazil and of the Amazon Concertation (Brazil). He was a Board Member of Mangels (Brazil), GTT (Brazil), WWF International (where he was the Leader of the Finance and Investment Committee), WFF Brazil (where he was the Leader of the Marketing Committee and Chair), Amcham Brazil, Amcham Argentina,
Interfarma and Caeme. He was recognized as “Value Executive – Pharmaceutical Sector” in 2005 by Valor Economico (Brazil), “Leader of the Pharmaceutical Sector” in 2004 and 2005 by Gazeta Mercantil (Brazil), “Spirit of Amcham” in 2005 by Amcham Brazil and “Wertman Alumni Service Award” in 2009 by the Michigan Ross Business School (USA). Philippe has a multicultural background. He lived in several countries, and communicates fluently in various languages. He currently lives in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil.