Meet our Founder and CEO
Sergio Rodrigues Costa
Sérgio Costa has a solid executive leadership experience in the public and private sectors, leading organizations to excellence. He has large expertise in strategy design, international business
and foreign direct investments. From 2011 to mid 2019 he led Investe São Paulo (now InvestSP) as the Managing Director, attracting new investments and promoting the image of the leading Brazilian State.
He coordinated actions and strategies of this awarded investment promotion agency to ensure a high level service to its multicultural customers. In 8 years in charge of business development and operations, Costa led Investe São Paulo to reach the outstanding mark of 224 announced investments, totaling US$21 billion, and more than 80,000 direct Jobs. In December 2018 Investe Sao Paulo was awarded by the fDi Magazine/Financial Times as Agency of the Year, won the 2018 fDI Strategy Awards, while the State was ranked #1 State in Latin America for Investments.
As a seasoned public speaker, he has delivered conferences in various countries. Sérgio Costa is graduated in Mechanical Production Engineering by the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and holds a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from the Azusa Pacific University, CA, USA. Before Investe São Paulo, Mr. Costa served organizations such as Apex-Brasil, AES Corporation,
Sotreq and Sebrae. He is the founder and CEO of STRINGS - Strategy, Investments, Global Business.
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