About

Assuming his current position in 2012, after several stints in-house at large companies in Brazil, Sergio Pompilio is executive vice president for legal and corporate affairs at Johnson & Johnson’s Brazilian business. Taking charge of a legal team with 14 lawyers and six administrative staff, Pompilio’s remit covers legal aspects of the entire Latin American region of Johnson & Johnson’s commercial endeavours, which encompasses several large economies including Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia. Having started his career in private practice focusing on litigation and tax issues, Pompilio first joined Johnson & Johnson in 1996, staying for 11 years before taking in-house roles at AstraZeneca do Brasil and then Avon do Brasil. Proactive changes to the organisation of the legal team have been a feature of Pompilio’s current position. He has created an entirely new contracting process based on a ‘new risk assessment matrix’ and has undertaken a team restructure based on ‘new roles and responsibilities amongst other changes and special projects’. Thanks to these changes and the diligent work of Pompilio and his team, the perception of the legal department is ‘now perceived as a differentiator by the businesses we support, based on our commitment to provide innovative solutions and also supporting our teams to manage and mitigate legal, corporate or reputational risks’.