From August 1995 to December 2006, Mr. Freitas was a partner at McKinsey & Company. Since January
2007 he has been with Telefólnica where he has broad responsibility for corporate and business development.
Mr. Freitas has a background in industrial engineering, with bachelor's degree from the University
of São Paulo, and a master's degree in industrial engineering and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Lüst was president of the Fixed Networks Access
division of Siemens Communications. He has also held the position of head of Solution
Management for Consumer VoIP solutions in 2004. During his career at Siemens, he was head
of the Technical Sales organization for Fixed Networks and from 1999 to 2003 held various
positions in Singapore and Australia. Mr. Lüst joined Siemens in 1991 moving into the
telecom division in 1993. He graduated with a degree in physics from the Technical University
in Munich and Caltech (United States).
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