{"id":9813,"date":"2022-02-16T19:52:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T19:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brainlabsdigital.com\/?p=9813"},"modified":"2025-06-20T21:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T21:34:11","slug":"fernando-emilio-silva-appointed-as-brainlabs-first-latam-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brainlabsdigital.com\/fernando-emilio-silva-appointed-as-brainlabs-first-latam-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernando Emilio Silva appointed as Brainlabs&#8217; first LATAM CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;re thrilled to welcome Fernando to Brainlabs as CEO, LATAM. Based in Mexico, he will grow the agency&#8217;s existing presence across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fernando arrives at Brainlabs with extensive experience across the media industry in LATAM having served as the CEO at MediaCom LatinAmerica for 7 1\/2 years and previously as Chairman for North LATAM at Publicis Media for 4 years. Before that he served as MD at OMD International and CEO at OMD Argentina for close to 5 years. Most recently he launched the Marketplaces &amp; Amazon-specialized agency Podean in LATAM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On Fernando\u2019s appointment:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brainlabs\u2019 Global CEO Daniel Gilbert said<\/strong>, \u201cWow, I\u2019m overwhelmed that another big-hitter has joined the team. Fernando comes with a proven pedigree building successful teams that deliver high-growth for clients. His extensive work throughout the region means Fernando is the perfect person to lead our rapid international expansion plans across LATAM. 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