Curriculum Vitae

Celso Luis Placeres currently holds the position of Pacheco Plant Director in Volkswagen Argentina.

Experience Background:

1985 – 1987	Started at VW in Product Development, VW do Brazil	Junior Engineer
1987 – 1995	Industrial Installations Engineer for VW and Ford Plants, VW do Brazil	Expert Engineer
1996 – 1998	Manufacturing Engineering Department, VW do Brazil	Specialist Engineer
1999 – 2001	Manufacturing Engineering, Responsible for Advanced Planning, VW do Brazil	Supervisor
2001 – 2004	Manufacturing Engineering, Responsible for Body Shop, Press Shop and Fox Implementation Project, VW do Brazil	Manager
2004 – 2008	Manufacturing Engineering Department, Responsible for Press Shop, Body Shop & Advanced Engineering Planning, VW do Brazil	Executive Manager
2008 – 2018	Manufacturing Engineering Department, Responsible for South America, VW do Brazil	Director
2018 – today	Pacheco Plant, Volkswagen Argentina	Director

Celso graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the University “FEI San Pablo” in Brazil and is specialized in “Strategic Business Vision” by the FGV “Foundation Getúlio Vargas”
Additionally, he holds following specialization courses:

• 2003 – “Group Junior Executive” at VW Germany, which is focused in project management and problem solving.
• 2006 – Project Management at the George Washington
• 2007 – “Skills, Tools and Competences – STC”, run by the FDC of Brazil and the Kellogg Business School of the North Western University (Chicago).
• 2012 – Finance for Engineers at the University of Chicago.

In addition to his key functions of plant management and process optimization of the Pacheco Plant, he is also responsible for continuous improvement and the implementation of new productive technologies.