About

Gustavo Valverde first joined OPP Química in 2001, which was renamed Braskem a year later after the consolidation of six companies from Odebrecht and Mariani Groups. He developed his experience by joining the Odebrecht Group and then moving to New York, working at White & Case in private practise. He then returned to Braskem first becoming general counsel of the American arm of the firm based in Philadelphia, and then took over his current role of general counsel, corporate governance and external affairs in Brazil in 2013. Braskem is a Brazilian headquartered global chemicals company with operations is the US, Mexico and Germany. As the largest producer of thermoplastic resins in Latin America it provides a variety of legal and compliance coverage areas for the legal department to handle. Valverde, with his extensive industry experience and legal skill is highly adept at leading the team in this difficult market.