Luiz is the Regional Executive Director & VP Government Relations of Latin America for GE Aerospace based in São Paulo-Brazil. The executive is responsible to develop, lead and execute GE Aerospace government engagement strategies in the region across ministries, embassies, and government entities, and serve as advisory on a broad range of governmental regulatory issues, monitoring regarding
the local geopolitical, macroeconomic policy and regulatory issues that may affect GE Aerospace’s interests. A 22-year veteran in the Aerospace industry, Luiz joined GE Aerospace in 2002 through an internship program at GE Celma maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Petropolis-Rio de Janeiro. Since then, he has been promoted to roles of increasing responsibility including Contracts Fulfillment Coordinator, Customer Program and Support Manager and Sales Support Director. Luiz is one of the graduates from the 2010 class of GE Corporate Commercial
Leadership Program, when he had the opportunity to spend 3 years working internationally based off Cincinnati-US. In 2018, Luiz was appointed as Regional Sales Director for Latin America responsible
for Commercial Engines and Services sales activities in the region based in São Paulo-Brazil.
Luiz holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Arthur de Sá Earp Neto University, and a master’s degree in business management from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Luiz is a bilingual executive who speaks Portuguese and English fluently and is actively working to improve his Spanish proficiency.
Fernando Miwa is currently serving as both Head of M&E and SCM at GOL Airlines and GM of Aerotech MRO.
With over 20 years of experience in the aviation industry, he started his career at VASP Airlines in 1998 and had a few stints at charter operators working in different leading roles and positions in maintenance planning, engineering and quality.
In 2003, Miwa joined Boeing in the Customer Support organization having GOL Airlines as his primary account. In the following 10 years he has supported the major airlines in South America region. Miwa moved to sales and marketing organization in 2013 as Sales Director holding responsibility for developing commercial strategy and leading sales campaigns of the Boeing Services portfolio and its subsidiaries, in addition to ensuring support and good relationship with the airlines in the region. Miwa left Boeing in 2018 to join GOL as Head of M&E.
Miwa earned BSc in Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautical specialization from Universidade de São Paulo, he also holds a MSc in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and a certificate in Aviation Management from Embry-Riddle.
