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.

The Board of Directors

Titus Cunnen
President
CFO at Makro

Mauricio Giamellaro
Vice-President
CEO at Heineken

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

Peggy De Rop
Managing Director
Dutcham

Michael van Erp
Finance Manager
Senior Manager at EY

Advisory Board members

Alexandre Fujimoto	KPMG	Partner
Daniel Campos	AkzoNobel	Managing Director SA
Deonisio Petry	Figwal	Managing Director
Fabio Costa	LeasePlan	CEO
Fausto Caron	ABN AMRO	CEO
Frank de Meijer	EY	Partner
Leticia Mendes	Boskalis	Commercial Manager
Marcelo Castanares	DSM	Regional Financial Director
Mark Wiessing	Rabobank	Regional Head SA – CEO Brazil
Mattijs Mans	KPMG	Manager Audit
Mauricio Adade	DSM	President Latam
Patricia Frossard	PHILIPS	Brazil Country Manager
Pieter Freriks	Deloitte	Partner Financial Advisory
Raphael Zaroni	Zaroni Advogados	Partner
Samuel Canineu	ING	Country Manager
Seth van Straten	KLM	Commercial Director SA

Our Team

Peggy De Rop Managing Director

Maria Eduarda Padilha Management Assistant