About Newton de Souza
Newton de Souza was a business executive.
Newton Sérgio de Souza is a Brazilian businessman, the former president and chief executive officer of Odebrecht, a diversified Brazilian conglomerate, which is Latin America's largest construction company, a post he held from 2015 to 2017.
Early life Newton de Souza has a law degree from PontifÃcia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, an MA from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and an LLM from the University of Pennsylvania.
Career In December 2015, de Souza was appointed the president and chief executive officer of Odebrecht, following Marcelo Odebrecht's imprisonment.
He was previously Odebrecht's head of fiduciary affairs and governance, and had been interim chief executive officer since June 2015.
In May 2017, he was replaced as chief executive officer by Luciano Guidolin, a "longtime executive".
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