As President of Latin American Tire division, BATO, Eduardo Minardi is responsible for overseeing the company’s operations throughout the region, which include six manufacturing facilities as well as sales subsidiaries throughout Latin America.
Minardi joined Bridgestone Firestone Argentina, S.A.I.C. in 1989 as Product Manager. He was also Sales Manager and Marketing Director in Argentina and ultimately worked his way up to President of Bridgestone Firestone Argentina, S.A.I.C. in 2001.
In Oct. 2002 he was named President of Bridgestone Firestone de México, S.A. de C.V., and he assumed his current responsibilities as Executive Vice President, Bridgestone Americas, Inc., and President, Bridgestone Firestone Latin American Tire Operations, in 2007.
Minardi serves on the boards of Bridgestone Americas, Inc. and Bridgestone Neumáticos de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V.
Minardi graduated from Buenos Aires University with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He has completed both the CEO Management Program at Northwestern University and the Leadership Program at the Owens Graduate School of Vanderbilt University.
Before joining Bridgestone Firestone, Eduardo Minardi worked in the banking industry as a consultant in organizational and strategic planning and served as professor of economics at the Universidad de Lomas de Zamora (U.N.L.Z) in Argentina.
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