About

Since 2003, Maria Fernanda Font has played a big part in facilitating the growth in the Americas division of logistics, air, land and sea freight, e-commerce, and global mail carrier Deutsche Post DHL. Originally lead counsel for the Caribbean, she was given additional responsibility for Central America in 2004, South American regulatory affairs in 2005 and, from 2005 to 2009, for North American regulatory affairs. Since 2011 she has been responsible for legal matters at DHL Express Latin America and DHL e-commerce for the Americas, two of the division’s four business units. DHL Express has long been the dominant player in the freight and logistics market across Spanish-speaking South America and has a roughly equal market share as FedEx in Brazil. Fernanda Font was nominated for her ‘ability to manage multiple strands at the same time’ and for being ‘a great lawyer and GC with a deep understanding of Latin America’. She has also been involved in some of the company’s most important regional initiatives, including the 2012 opening of its air hub in Querétaro, Mexico and the development and expansion of its medical services and life sciences logistics coverage.