Paulo F.M.O. Periquito

Overview

Paulo F.M.O. Periquito is the executive vice president of Whirlpool for Latin America. He joined Multibras as General Director on March 15, 1996, after several years with Alcoa Aluminio S.A., a Latin American subsidiary of Aluminum Company of America. He joined Alcoa in 1972 after working 5 years in the IT area for a Brazilian bank and for ITT Data Services in Sao Paulo. At Alcoa, he held leadership positions in IT, procurement, logistics, human resources, finance and administration. In 1983, he became controller of the manufactured product division. In 1984, he was named general manager of the distribution business unit. Periquito subsequently became director of the unit and was responsible for creating and managing a retailing unit of home business products. In 1988, he became responsible for all three major business units. In 1989, he was named Alcoa chief financial officer for all Latin America and was also elected to the Alcoa board of directors in Mexico. Two years later, he was appointed vice president, corporate planning, human resources and quality, and he become chief executive officer of Grupo Aluminio, an Alcoa subsidiary, in November 1991. In early 1994, Periquito was named executive vice president and a member of the board for Alcoa in Latin America. On June 5, 2007, Mr. Paulo F. M. Periquito, Executive Vice President and President of Whirlpool Latin America, was promoted to the position of President of Whirlpool International.