JEFFrey  ABRAHAMS

Jeffrey joined TASA do Brasil as a senior executive search partners and acting
practice leader for the Agribusiness, Financial Service and Media and Entertainment
practices. At the urging of clients in February '04 Jeffrey founded his own executive
talent management boutique. Jeffrey´s search specialties are Life sciences mainly
Agribusiness ( Crop Science, Trading, Fertilizers, Seeds, large company and grower
associations, Pharmaceuticals) as well as in Media and Entertainment, mainly
Newspapers, Radio TV and major replicators and duplicators of DVD, CDs. In
Financial Services, Jeffrey has experience in the consumer banking, mainly personal
banking, credit card issuers, processors, commercial banks, consumer credit and
call centers. As an executive, Jeffrey worked for such companies as Dupont,
Stauffer Chemicals as the Crop Science business director, in marketing and sales
with Basf Brasileira in the Data Media division and with national companies such as
Videolar S/A. After a career change, Jeffrey accepted major challenges as Vice
President of Marketing for Credicard S/A (the largest Credit card issuer, processor in
Brazil, a joint venture between Citibank and Itau and Unibanco). Jeffrey has dual
Brazilian and USA citizenship. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy
& Soil Science and International Agriculture from California State Polytechnic
University and has post graduate studies at Fundação Getulio Vargas in Agricultural
Business Management in São Paulo, Brazil. He is a practitioner of Kung Fu and Golf
and is pursuing his certification as an executive coach.