We have a passion to connect people

About us

Our mission at Dutcham is to bring business professionals together during high-level networking events, exchange information and best practises across different industries and ultimately contribute in an active way to the successes of our Dutch companies in Brazil.

A story that started more than 68 years ago

Dutcham is a non-profit association, founded in 1952, with the objective to promote and assist trade businesses and investments between the Netherlands and Brazil.

After decades of providing a business support to our Dutch companies and business professionals, we became the official Dutch Chamber of Commerce in Brazil, recognized by the Dutch Embassy & Consulates and empowered by the major Dutch companies such as Heineken, Shell, ING, Philips, KLM, Makro, Boskalis, Randstad and many more.

Today Dutcham became the unique platform that gathers all stakeholders who are doing or willing to do business with the Dutch community. A solid network of business professionals that offers great added value in terms of knowledge and expertise.

Our Board of Directors is composed of top-level Executives, representing important parties in the bilateral commercial relationship between Brazil and the Netherlands, regardless of their origin or nationality.

A story that started more than 68 years ago

Our vision of building solid relations

We focus on developing and maintaining a wide structure of networking activities, relevant business services and strong business relations with key stakeholders.

Our goal is to represent the interests of the Dutch business community – both companies and business professionals – and help them to expand their business opportunities in Brazil.

Besides supporting our companies who are currently present on the Brazilian market, we also provide a range of professional services to Dutch entrepreneurs who willing to come and do business in Brazil. Our network of local business professionals and expertise on the market enable us to share great added value to potential newcomers into the market.

Our head office is based in São Paulo, with an official representative in Rio, enabling us to cover the main Dutch business activities across Brazil.

Our Board of Directors

Daniel Geiger Campos President at Dutcham & President at AkzoNobel

Joris Steinberg Vice-President (Rio) at Dutcham & Director at Atlas Professionals

Mauricio Giamellaro Vice-President at Dutcham & CEO at Heineken

Peggy De Rop Managing Director at Dutcham

Michael van Erp Finance Director at Dutcham & Senior Partner at EY

Mark Wiessing Director at Dutcham & CEO at Rabobank

Mauricio Adade Director at Dutcham & President at DSM

Advisory Board members

Alexandre Fujimoto	KPMG	Partner
Deonisio Petry	Figwal	Managing Director
Fabio Costa	LeasePlan	CEO
Fausto Caron	ABN AMRO	CEO
John Dortmans	Agrifirm	Director Latin America
Mattijs Mans	KPMG	Manager Audit
Olavo Queiroz	FrieslandCampina	Regional Sales Director Latam
Patricia Frossard	Philips	Brazil Country Manager
Pieter Freriks	Deloitte	Partner Financial Advisory
Raphael Zaroni	Zaroni Advogados	Partner
Roger Laughlin	Makro	CEO
Samuel Canineu	ING	Country Manager
Seth van Straten	KLM	Commercial Director SA

Our Team

Peggy De Rop Managing Director

Maria Eduarda Padilha Management Assistant

Luiza de Castro Abreu Communications & Rio Representative