Reinventing the Leader

Guilherme Loureiro is the regional CEO of Walmart for Canada, Central America, Chile and Mexico, and the newly appointed chairman of the board of Walmex. He leads an operation with a presence in eight countries: Canada, Chile Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Gui joined Walmart in 2012 and led Walmart Brazil as CEO from September 2013 until January 2016 when he became CEO for Walmex. Before Walmart, he worked for more than 20 years at Unilever. Guilherme has a degree in business administration from the Fundaç ã o Getulio Vargas University in Sã o Paulo, where he earned his master’ s and doctorate degrees, and he attended The General Management Program (TGMP) at Harvard Business School. Gui is a speaker who has given talks about transformation at Microsoft Mexico, Honeywell Latin America, and Nestlé Mexico.