Romeo Lacerda CEO Inchcape Americas

Romeo joined Inchcape on 1 September 2021 from Mondelēz International Inc, where he served as president of Western Europe. In this role, he was responsible for seven countries (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece) and iconic brands such as LU, Cote D’Or, Milka, Suchard and Philadelphia.

He has extensive international experience having held senior positions both in his home country, Brazil, and in Latin America, Europe and EEMEA (Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa).

In his time at Inchcape Americas, he has excelled in leading strong organic growth and also achieving successful acquisitions for the group: majority shareholdings in Ditec (Chile), ITC & Simpson Motors (Caribbean) and Derco (Chile, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia) the most important for the company in the last 50 years.

Romeo is recognised as a close leader with a robust management of M&A, corporate strategy, development and management of high performance teams, sales, marketing, distribution and relationships with our allies.