Marta Dourado – Managing-Partner
Marta has over 25 years of experience in national and international communication projects, including strategic planning, media relations and crisis management. Graduated in Communication at USP, she began her career as public relations of the Office of the Governor of the State of São Paulo and Faculdade Anhembi Morumbi.
Later, she became a communication manager of the Sperry Vickers group (current Unisys) and after coordinating the communication strategy of the merger process of Vickers and Aeroquip, she performed for three years as narrator and journalist for BBC radio and for the COI – Central Office of Information in London. Back in Brazil, she created Fundamento in 1990. Marta also holds a BA in Psychology and works as a volunteer for children and teenagers mental health.
Thiago Silvestre – Account Services Director
Thiago is graduated in Advertising and has a strong digital background, with over 10 years experience working on Internet and entertainment projects. He took part in the launch of e-commerce site Submarino in Brazil as editor and producer for the websites Som Submarino and Revista Submarino. On AOL Brazil, headed the editorial development. For the film distributor Playarte Pictures, where worked as editor on all fronts (film, home video and movie theaters), led the creation and maintenance of all social media platforms for the company, besides the development of e-commerce site www.lojaplayarte.com.br. Thiago was also creator and editor in chief of A ARCA website, content provider to portals like UOL and AOL; collaborated with sites Judão (www.judao.com.br), MTV content partner, and Whiplash (www.whiplash.net). In Fundamento since early 2008, Thiago is responsible for overseeing services quality and identifying new business opportunities in current clients. He directs the teams responsible for creating, writing and planning online and offline projects for clients such as TNT, TCM, Cartoon Network, Warner Channel, CNN International, Haztec, Saint Gobain, Sao Paulo InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Shire, Dettol, Vanish, Veja, among others. Thiago is currently devoted to systematize the client services projects in order to enable the agency to guarantee consistency in delivering quality standards.