Newton Sérgio de Souza is a Brazilian businessman, the former president and chief executive officer of Odebrecht, a diversified Brazilian conglomerate, which is Latin America's largest construction company, a post he held from 2015 to 2017.

Newton de Souza
Born
Newton Sérgio de Souza
NationalityBrazilian
Alma materPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
University of Pennsylvania
OccupationBusinessman
TitleFormer president and CEO of Odebrecht
Term2015-17
PredecessorMarcelo Odebrecht
SuccessorLuciano Guidolin

Early life

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Newton de Souza has a law degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, an MA from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and an LLM from the University of Pennsylvania.[1]

Career

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In December 2015, de Souza was appointed the president and chief executive officer of Odebrecht, following Marcelo Odebrecht's imprisonment.[2]

He was previously Odebrecht's head of fiduciary affairs and governance, and had been interim chief executive officer since June 2015.[3]

In May 2017, he was replaced as chief executive officer by Luciano Guidolin, a "longtime executive".[4]

References

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  1. ^ Newton Sérgio de Souza. "Newton Sérgio de Souza: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  2. ^ "Marcelo Odebrecht formally resigns from Odebrecht S.A." Odebrecht. 2015-10-12. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  3. ^ "Update 7-Powerful Brazil CEO arrested in Petrobras graft probe". Reuters. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  4. ^ Magalhaes, Luciana (12 May 2017). "Odebrecht Names Longtime Executive as New CEO". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 June 2017.