Marcelo França

— CEO of TAS

Marcelo França is the Chief Executive Officer of TAS.

Prior to joining TAS, Marcelo França was CEO of Toutatis and is a founding partner of Performa Partners, a management consulting firm based in São Paulo, Brazil. Mr. França is a shareholder and board member of Grupo ETB, a network of trade schools within the Abril Educação conglomerate. He serves on the Education NGO "Projeto Fênix" Advisory Board and is an active member of World Presidents' Organization.

Mr. França served as President of Tele Tech of Latin America and Spain. He is also a former President of Domino's Pizza Brazil, a joint venture between Grupo Alsea of Mexico and Domino's Pizza International of the United States. Prior to Domino's Pizza Brazil, Mr. França was Managing Partner of FCB Foodservice Distribution. Before FCB, Mr. França was Blockbuster's Vice President of Development and Expansion in Brazil and Managing Partner of Gescon Quarters, a construction and real estate development firm.

Mr. França received a degree in Civil Engineering from Escola Politécnica USP (University of São Paulo, Brazil), where he specialized in Production Engineering. Mr. França received an International Executive MBA from USP in Brazil and Vanderbilt University in the US. Mr. França received a graduate degree in Political Science from ADESG in Brazil.