Ricardo Oberlander is an international business leader, board director, and advisor with more than four decades of experience leading global organizations and complex strategic transformations. He served as President & CEO of Reynolds American Inc., a Fortune Global 200 company, and previously held senior executive and board roles across Europe, the United States, Asia, and Latin America, with responsibility for operations in more than 50 countries. Ricardo has extensive experience in M&A, corporate strategy, business transformation, and post-acquisition integration, including leadership involvement in the integration of a $50 billion acquisition, one of the largest transactions in the consumer sector. Today he serves as a Non-Executive Board Member of Scandinavian Tobacco Group, a member of the Board of Trustees of Fundação Getúlio Vargas, and an advisor to private equity and investment banking firms in New York and London., including Jahani and Associates. Across his executive and board career, Ricardo has worked extensively in highly regulated and rapidly evolving industries, bringing a disciplined approach to strategy, governance, and value creation. In this podcast, he brings the operator’s perspective, exploring how leaders make decisions under pressure, align stakeholders, and execute complex transactions with discipline and clarity.