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Bruno Furtado

Senior PartnerSão Paulo

Leads the Latin American B2C sector, working with companies ranging from retail, TMT, CPG, education, and health on their strategy, growth and overall holistic transformations

Bruno is a senior partner based in the São Paolo office and currently leads the Latin American B2C sector, where he has extensive expertise in 30+ food and non-food categories.

Bruno joined McKinsey in 2005, and has over 20 years of experience in consulting. He has served leading retail players in several sectors (e.g. drugstore, grocery, apparel, specialty, pharma and electronics) and formats (hyper, super, C&C, convenience) throughout Latin America.

He was the co-founder and leader of the Latin American Marketing and Sales Practice for five years, and has worked with hundreds of clients in the region, primarily in Brazil.

Examples of Bruno’s recent projects include the following:

  • driving digital and analytics transformations for leading consumer companies and marquee retailers
  • leading end-to-end transformation and turnarounds of global companies across sectors (e.g. CPG, agriculture, auto, education and retailers)
  • guiding thematic top line and holistic cost reduction programs of multi-nationals and national champions
  • leading 30+ revenue growth management programs in different sectors and geographies
  • supporting 15+ post-merger integrations of leading companies across different sectors and countries

Bruno holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from POLI USP where he graduated at the top 2% of his class and also holds an MBA with honors from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Bruno has authored several reports on the state of retail in LatAm.

Published Work

The state of grocery retail in Latin America,” McKinsey & Company, November 2024

The state of grocery retail in Latin America 2023,” McKinsey & Company, May 2023

Como a COVID-19 acelerou as mudanças no cenário de vendas B2B no Brasil,” McKinsey & Company, January 2021

How COVID-19 has accelerated changes in the B2B sales landscape in Brazil,” McKinsey & Company, December 2020

Lessons from Latin America’s leading consumer-goods companies,” McKinsey & Company, June 2016

Why yesterday’s channel practices won’t win over emerging-market consumers,” McKinsey & Company, February 2015

Novos canais para atrair consumidores dos mercados emergentes,” McKinsey & Company, February 2015

Survey results: For packaged goods companies, winning in Latin America is worth more than you think,” McKinsey & Company, September 2014

Education

USP – Universidade de São Paolo
BS, Electrical Engineering

MIT Sloan School of Management
MBA