Fernando Afonso
Board Member At Trade Pharma Association SINDUSFARMA
São Paulo, Brazil
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Top SchoolFernando Afonso is a seasoned pharmaceutical executive with 25+ years of progressive leadership across global pharma, currently serving as General Manager at Vertex and a board member at INTERFARMA and Sindusfarma. He has led large oncology and rare disease franchises, managed commercial teams of 75+, and driven product launches and market-defense strategies that preserved leadership positions against strong competition. Trained at top business schools (Wharton, MIT, Harvard, Miami) and certified in board governance and coaching, he blends strategic P&L stewardship with people-first leadership and transformation expertise. Known for simplifying complexity and prioritizing human-centered results, he pairs commercial rigor with advocacy for patient access in rare diseases. An often-overlooked strength is his early e-business and finance background, giving him an uncommon mix of digital, commercial and operational fluency. Based in São Paulo, he brings a pragmatic, purpose-driven approach to industry policy, market access and cross-border commercialization.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Training program & certification Board of diretors certification program, Training program & certification Board of diretors certification program at Brazilian Institute Corporate Governance - IBGCMaster of Business Administration (MBA) Organizational Leadership, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Organizational Leadership at University of Miami Herbert Business SchoolTraining Finance, Training Finance at Harvard Business SchoolLeadership Program Business Administration and Management General, Leadership Program Business Administration and Management General at The Wharton SchoolUniversidad de los AndesCorporate Leadership Development Leading Enterprise Transformation for Senior Leaders, Corporate Leadership Development Leading Enterprise Transformation for Senior Leaders at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Business Administration (MBA) Universidad de los Andes University of Miami Organizational Leadership, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Universidad de los Andes University of Miami Organizational Leadership at Universidad Austral, Buenos AiresLeadership Leaderhip, Leadership Leaderhip at London Business SchoolCoaching diploma Coaching, Coaching diploma Coaching at Erickson Coaching InternationalMarketing & Communication Marketing & Communication, Marketing & Communication Marketing & Communication at IADEManagement Economics, Management Economics at ISLA - Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia
English, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish
Github Skills (1)
wordpress6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
FernandoVaz/fernandovaz.github.io
Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
Personal blog after wordpress went to vinegar
Contributions:51 commits, 26 PRs, 71 pushes in 2 years 6 months
wordpress
FernandoVaz/nvim-config
Sep 2023 - Nov 2023
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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