Person of the Year Awards

Honoring Visionaries in US-Brazil Business

Each year, the Chamber's Person of the Year Awards Dinner honors two outstanding leaders (one Brazilian and one American) who have been particularly instrumental in forging closer ties between the two nations. The international business, financial, and diplomatic communities convene each year at this traditional gala event to pay tribute to the honorees.

Over the past four decades, this annual event has become one of the most important business and social gatherings in New York City. On May 20, 2010, distinguished guests from the United States, Brazil and other nations  hathered for the highly anticipated 2010 Person of the Year Awards Dinner, held in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. 

To contact the Organizational Committee of the Person of the Year Awards, please e-mail poy@brazilcham.com

The 2010 recipients of this prestigious award were:

H.E. Henrique de Campos Meirelles Governor Central Bank of Brazil	Jeffrey Robert Immelt Chairman of the Board and CEO General Electric
H.E. Henrique de Campos Meirelles has been President of the Central Bank of Brazil since January 2003. Prior to this position, he was President of BankBoston and FleetBoston's Global Bank where he led Fleet's strategic efforts in the New York metropolitan market as the senior executive in the region. Mr. Meirelles was also a member of the Office of the Chairman, FleetBoston Financial's top management group, where he was responsible for helping set strategy and policy.  He is the founding President of the Latin American Leasing Federation, Chairman of the Society for the Revitalization of the City of São Paulo, and Chairman of the Travessia Foundation.	Jeffrey Robert Immelt has held the position of President and CEO of GE since 2000 and has served as the company’s ninth Chairman since 2001. He has held several global leadership positions since joining GE in 1982.  Mr. Immelt is also a member of the Business Council, and he is on the Board of the New York Federal Reserve Bank.

View the photo gallery from the 2010 event

View the photo gallery from the 2009 event

Past recipients