Previous Fora / 2013
GRADIN, Bernardo
CEO, GranBio
Bernardo Gradin was born in Bahia, Brazil in 1964. He is a Civil Engineer by Politechnic School of Federal University of Bahia (1988), with a University of Pennsylvania MA in International Studies and a Wharton MBA (1993).
He has worked in Odebrecht Engineering Company from 1988 to 1999 in Brazil and in the U.S. In 2000 he has moved to Odebrecht Chemical Company, later Braskem, where he has been President and CEO from 2008 to 2010.
In 2011 he founded and became CEO of GranBio, a Biotechnology Industrial company and the Inspirare Institute, a non-profit organization oriented to foster basic education in Brazil.
Bernardo is Executive Board Member of ABIQUIM (Brazilian Chemical Association), Board Member of CNPEM, and Leader of the CNI Bioeconomy Commission.