Joao has been working with Tecnon OrbiChem since May 2018. Joao is responsible for Tecnon OrbiChem’s consulting activities in the caustic soda market in Latin America. He has worked for main chemical and petrochemical companies (DuPont, Exxon Chemical and Braskem) for many years as well as for consulting firms such as Harriman Chemsult and IHS Markit in the vinyl chain covering the Latin America market. Joao is the principal at Cataldo Associados, consulting company in the chemical and petrochemical sector.
Joao is a chemical engineer from UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Brazil); holds a post- graduation course of economic engineering from UFRJ and holds a MBA from Western Ontario University - Canada.