Antonio Roberto Cortes
Resende
MAN Latin America
Born in 1955. Economics degree from Mackenzie University, post-graduation in Finance from Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia and specialization at Insead, France. Began working in the automotive industry in 1979. In 1986, he participated in the creation of Autolatina, a joint-venture between Ford and Volkswagen in Brazil and Argentina, and from 1989 to 1990 worked as Business Strategy executive manager at Ford headquarters in Detroit, United States. Joined Volkswagen Germany in 1994 in the position of corporate controller of Volkswagen in South America. From 1998, he was responsible for transforming the brand’s Trucks and Buses Operation into a business unit with greater independence in decisions and strategies. Assumed additional responsibility for the Treasury Department of Volkswagen do Brasil in 1999. As of June 2000, took over general command of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Trucks and Buses for operations in South America.
In December 2002 he became executive vice-president of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and CEO of Volkswagen Trucks and Buses, in February 2007 president of Volkswagen Trucks and Buses. President of MAN Latin America since 2009.
