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Renato de Paula

Renato de Paula
Chief Executive Officer, Latin America
MEC

Renato has been leading MEC in Latin America as the regional CEO since 2014. He is part of MEC's Global Board as well as GroupM's Latin America Executive Committee. He is a recognized advertising leader in the region, and in 2013 was named by AdLatina one of Latin America’s Top Advertising Executives.

Prior to joining MEC, Renato was the CEO of Havas Worldwide in Mexico from 2011-2014. In 2012 he was named as Havas’s “Latin America Employee of the Year”. He previously spent 15 years with Ogilvy and Ogilvy One, having been a Senior Partner at Ogilvy New York for six years before taking up General Manager roles at Ogilvy One in Miami and then in his native Brazil, where he held both regional and country responsibilities. His early career experience also includes a three-year spell at Wunderman as a regional account director.