María Fernanda Prado
María Fernanda Prado holds a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and a Master’s degree from the Higher School of Advertising and Marketing (ESPM) (both in São Paulo, Brazil). With previous experience in the consumer sector and other multinational pharmaceutical companies, she joined Janssen Brazil as Commercial Director in 2013. After leading different therapeutic areas in the Latin American country, she became General Manager in Turkey in 2016, combining her leadership and strategic vision for the sector with her passion for people. Prado later went on to lead a cluster of 14 countries in Central Europe, balancing the challenge of working with teams from very diverse cultures and backgrounds with the need to adopt new ways of working and caring for people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since late 2021, Prado held the position of General Manager for the company in the region encompassing Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
