{"id":22564,"date":"2024-09-26T13:48:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diasporaportuguesa.org\/?post_type=perfis&p=22564"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:55:20","slug":"pedro-varela","status":"publish","type":"perfis","link":"https:\/\/www.diasporaportuguesa.org\/en\/profile\/pedro-varela\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedro Varela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pedro Varela was born in Lisbon in 1978. He holds a degree in Economics from the Nova School of Business and Economics (1996-2000), having completed a semester at the University of Bonn, Germany, through the Erasmus program. In 2005, he completed a Postgraduate degree in Finance at the same institution, and in 2008, he attended an Innovation program at IMD, Lausanne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He began his professional career at Nestl\u00e9 Portugal in 2001, where he has held various roles over the years. He started as Financial Co-Pilot in the Coffee, Foodservices, and OOH channel business in Portugal. Later, he served as Global Financial Co-Pilot for the Food category (frozen, chilled, and culinary) in Switzerland from 2008 to 2012. Between 2012 and 2015, he was Corporate Controller and Head of Strategy for the Oceania market, covering Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. From 2015 to 2020, he was part of the global Mergers & Acquisitions team, also in Switzerland. Between 2021 and 2025, he was Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Nestl\u00e9 Brazil, the Group\u2019s third-largest market worldwide. Pedro currently holds the position of Global Head of Group Accounting and Reporting at Nestl\u00e9 Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pedro Varela has been a member of the Portuguese Diaspora Portuguesa since September 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":22563,"template":"","meta":[],"grupo":[281],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPedro Varela - Conselho da Di\u00e1spora Portuguesa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diasporaportuguesa.org\/en\/profile\/pedro-varela\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pedro Varela - Conselho da Di\u00e1spora Portuguesa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pedro Varela was born in Lisbon in 1978. He holds a degree in Economics from the Nova School of Business and Economics (1996-2000), having completed a semester at the University of Bonn, Germany, through the Erasmus program. 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