André Soares

André Soares is a specialist in China-Brazil business relations. For the past three years, he has served as analysis coordinator for the China-Brazil Business Council (CBBC). He was involved in restructuring CBBC’s research area, which is now considered an international reference in the field. 

André holds a master´s degree in production engineering with an emphasis on economics and innovation from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Since 2007, he has been studying the internationalization of Chinese firms and their activities in Brazil. In 2011 and 2012, he also received merit-based scholarships to participate in courses at the University of California San Diego and the University of Macao focused on the Chinese economy.