Gustavo Vello was appointed Assistant Treasurer of General Motors in July 2017 following a short assignment as Special Projects Director in Detroit. He had previously served as Chief Financial Officer of General Motors do Brazil from September 2015 to March 2017 and CFO of General Motors Colombia in the two previous years.
Gustavo was born in Vitoria, Brazil in January 1973. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo in Brazil in 1994, and his Master of Business Administration from Duke University in the United States in 1999.
In May 1999, Gustavo joined General Motors do Brasil’s Treasury department and, in March 2003, was transferred to GM´s New York Treasurer´s Office, where he held several positions. In June 2007, Gustavo was appointed Manager of GM´s Asia Pacific Regional Treasury Center in Shanghai, China where he stayed for 2 years.
Gustavo returned to New York in June 2009 where he had several assignments related to GM´s restructuring and IPO. In August 2010, Gustavo was appointed Director of Global Funding and Cash Management, leading the execution of GM´s $5B global credit line and several other Capital Market transactions.
Gustavo Vello is married to Renata and has two daughters, Julia and Amanda. He speaks Portuguese, English and Spanish.