March 12, 2008

Director Newton Waechter da Motta



Newton Waechter da Motta is the Founder, Director and Executive Officer of CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. He has overall responsibility for the asset management, acquisition, and management supervision of the company's business.


Mr. Motta has been active in the development and management of real estate since 1970. Before that, he was technical advisor to real estate investors and developers in his role as a Certified Engineer. Mr. Motta, through his entities, has developed and acquired numerous apartment complexes, office buildings, and condominiums throughout the Brazil.

From 1993 to date, Mr. Motta and his partner entities have acted as investments advisor for Brazil and off-shore investors in real estate investments amounting to more than US$ 85 million in value, involving the development, the purchase and sale of both commercial and multifamily residential properties.


Mr. Motta attended graduate school at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul at Porto Alegre, Brazil and received his Certified Public Engineer license in 1968. He also has been a member of the Civil Construction Industries Syndicate of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil (Sindicato das Industrias na Construção Civil do Rio Grande do Sul – Brasil), which he is a former Vice President.


Since 1988 Mr. Newton Waechter da Motta is a licensed Attorney in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, and is a member of the Brazilian Attorney Union (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil). He attended MBA post-graduate course at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation School of Management, at Rio de Janeiro, and received his MBA in Economic Law Certified in 2005.