Autumn 2018 Issue
> Anselmo do Ó de Almeida & Angeles de Magalhães:
A Team Working in Perfect Harmony It was 10 years ago when the company initiated its succession plan. It was not an easy task for its founder, Alvaro de Magalhães, who has always been the driving force behind the company’s success.
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wo executives stepped-up to lead this process: Anselmo do Ó de Almeida and Angeles de Magalhães. They are responsible for the coordination of the group’s operation and decision-making processes. Their distinct profiles complement each other in the organisation’s leadership. Anselmo do Ó de Almeida is currently the group’s chairman. He began his professional life at the Brazilian Reinsurance Institute (IRB Brasil Re), where he traced a brilliant career path, culminating in the position of director. During this period with the IRB, the Brazilian reinsurance market was a monopoly of the state government: a tightly regulated market. All the major commercial and industrial risks were mandatorily reinsured by the IRB, which also served as the only interface with the foreign reinsurance markets. This was a unique experience for Anselmo, one that few other insurance professionals can boast. In the early 2000s he joined the Interbrok Group and its clients have benefited from his expertise in developing the best insurance solutions for their needs. Angeles de Magalhães is the CEO of the Interbrok Group, having joined the company in 1990s while she was still studying for her Bachelor’s degree in Economics at the University of São Paulo FEAUSP. Her father, Alvaro de Magalhães, invited her to work as an intern in Interbrok and she fell in love with the business. Angeles excelled in the company by assuming the co-ordination of the Employee Benefits division, which currently accounts for 50% of the Group’s Insurance Premiums. She has extensive experience in the market and a specialist knowledge in Health Insurance programmes, with studies at Stanford and Harvard Universities in cost- and risk-management: a vital
Management: Anselmo do Ó de Almeida & Angeles de Magalhães
area, given the importance of the private health sector, especially when one includes its doubledigit inflation. The company prides itself of having the best team of insurance professionals in Brazil. They are highly qualified and come from diverse academic backgrounds with experience in the domestic and international insurance markets. The breadth of their knowledge and experience is what differentiates the Interbrok Group from the pretenders, and allows the team to fully comprehend the differening needs of clients.
Every executive in Interbrok Group seeks to create and continue customer satisfaction, with a truly ethical position and genuine concern for the community. It shows great respect for business partners and setting the company apart from competitors by means of the quality of the products and services provided. Above all, it aims for exemplary service. There is pride to being part of the Interbrok Group, and it is with a spark in the eye that this team looks to the future and strives to remain the best insurance broker in Latin America. i
"The company prides itself of having the best team of insurance professionals in Brazil. They are highly qualified and come from diverse academic backgrounds with experience in the domestic and international insurance markets." CFI.co | Capital Finance International
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