Yvan Mendes is a highly experienced Senior Brand Manager with a diversified career developed in the FMCG industry. His career includes working at large companies such as Unilever, Upfield (former Unilever spreads division), and Jerónimo Martins Retail. Over the years, Yvan has managed almost all food categories/brands across several strategic phases, and market landscapes.

With a solid academic background in Management, Branding, and Marketing, Yvan has developed an in-depth knowledge of Marketing management. He has also performed Marketing management roles with increasing degrees of responsibility, scope, and complexity.

Yvan has been recognized as having a high capacity for delivering results by optimizing resources and processes, improving efficiency, and high capacity for creativity, transforming ideas into actions with a high level of impact on market results.

Additionally, Yvan has excellent skills in the development of professional relationships, both internal and external, as a facilitator of cross-business/functional project management. He speaks fluently in Portuguese and French, with an Oxford certificate in English and one-year master in Spanish.

Yvan has recently studied Mastering Digital Marketing: SEM, SEO, Social Media, and Beyond, Marketing Digital at the prestigious London Business School. He also has a Master's degree in Marketing and Sales Management from Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, a Licentiate degree in Management from ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management, and an Executive Master in Branding and Brand Management from IADE - Creative University.