We have a passion for connecting 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 71 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, ABN AMRO, Philips, KLM, DSM, 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 consists 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 71 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 want 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 vision of building solid relations

Our Executive Board

Daniel Geiger Campos
Daniel Geiger Campos President at Dutcham & President at AkzoNobel
Joris Steinberg
Joris Steinberg Vice-President (Rio) at Dutcham & Director at Atlas Professionals
Mauricio Adade
Mauricio Adade Vice-President (SP) at Dutcham & President at DSM
Michael van Erp
Michael van Erp Finance Director at Dutcham & Partner at EY
Maikel van Zaanen
Maikel van Zaanen Finance Director at Dutcham & CFO South America and Brazil at Rabobank
Peggy De Rop
Peggy De Rop Managing Director at Dutcham

Advisory Board members

Silvio Lomnitzer ABN AMRO CEO
Rinus Donkers De Heus Director LATAM
Olavo Queiroz FrieslandCampina Regional Sales Director Latam
Marina Ferreira Heineken Public Affairs Director
Sylvain Mathias KLM Commercial Director SA
Jean Paraskevopoulos Neto KPMG Senior Partner
Fabio Costa LeasePlan CEO
Rebeca Dreicon MetrixLab Regional Managing Director Latam
Patricia Frossard Philips Brazil Country Manager
José Alexandre Neto Pinheiro Neto Partner
Maurizio Serusi SBM Offshore General Manager
Jonas Lobo SBM Offshore Deputy General Manager
Flávio Rodrigues Shell Head of Government Relations & Regulatory Affairs
Frank de Meijer Unknown Partner
Ignacio Gonzalez Vopak Managing Director

Our Team

Peggy De Rop
Peggy De Rop Managing Director
Renê Veiga
Renê Veiga Business Development Manager
Camila Chaves
Camila Chaves Management Assistant
Anton Welling de Arruda
Anton Welling de Arruda Event & Project Coordinator
Dutcham Information Report 2018-22

May 2022