Walmir Soller
Practice Lead
International Governance
- International Holding Governance
- JV Management
- M&A Due Diligence
- Renewable Feedstock
- Bioplastics
- Recycling
World Sustainable Futures International
Pragmatic advisory for Chemical & Petrochemical, Upstream and Downstream Industrial Operations, Energy Transition, Circular Economy, and International Governance.
What makes us unique
WSFI brings together senior industry leaders who have built, led and transformed complex businesses at the highest levels. Its advisors combine decades of hands-on experience in the industries the firm serves with direct responsibility for large-scale operations, business performance and strategic decision-making.
They have held full P&L accountability, led industrial operations across the Americas, Europe and Asia, managed international holdings and subsidiaries, and served on JV boards across three continents. Their experience extends beyond business operations to shaping global ISO standards and leading institutional engagement with the United Nations, the European Commission, the International Council of Chemical Associations, regional governments and major industry associations.
International Presence
Offices in Rotterdam, Lisbon and São Paulo, working across the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Advisory Board
WSFI advisors combine decades of hands-on experience in the industries the firm serves with direct responsibility for large-scale operations, business performance and strategic decision-making.
Practice Lead responsibilities span the full WSFI advisory offering.
Our capabilities
We bring operational depth, strategic clarity, and institutional reach to the challenges that matter most to industrial and international businesses.
Turning operational complexity into performance, resilience and value
We advise operators, industrial companies and investors navigating complex operational environments, new ventures, mature assets, cost pressure, integrity challenges and major business transitions. Our perspective comes from executive roles with direct accountability for safety, performance, cost, capital allocation and value creation.
A senior advisory role, not a delivery team
We typically act alongside senior management, boards, investment teams and specialist advisors. We do not replace operating teams, engineering firms or technical specialists — our role is to bring independent executive judgement to the decisions that matter most.
Value creation through the performance of industrial assets in a complex and rapidly changing global environment.
We advise industrial companies and investors navigating complex operational environments, new ventures, mature assets, cost pressure, industrial performance improvements, integrity challenges, industrial decarbonization and smart factory transformation. Our perspective comes from executive roles with direct accountability for safety, performance, cost, capital allocation and value creation.
Transforming sustainability into resilience and competitive advantage
The transition to a circular, low-carbon economy goes beyond regulatory frameworks: it is the backbone for the industrial businesses' resilience, and it must be part of the strategy to guide decisions about products, feedstock and assets. Our advisors have led pioneering businesses in biobased and recycled plastics and chemicals and worked on global standards for circular economy and sustainable procurement.
Expanding, structuring, and governing businesses across borders
International growth is straightforward to plan and extraordinarily difficult to execute. The difference lies in understanding how governance, legal structures, commercial relationships, labor, and regulatory environments interact across jurisdictions — and how to manage them simultaneously under pressure. Our advisors have personally run international holding and trading structures, served on JV boards in Mexico, the Netherlands, and Thailand, and built sizeable feedstock and chemicals trading operations.
Enabling smarter operations, faster decisions, and scalable intelligence
The industrial world is generating more data, facing more complexity, and moving faster than traditional decision-making can absorb. WSFI's digital and AI capability exists to make our clients' businesses faster and more precise — not to replace human judgement, but to sharpen it. Our digital advisor brings 15 years of hands-on ML engineering, agentic AI development, and production infrastructure experience, combined with deep familiarity with the industrial and regulatory contexts in which our clients operate.
Data aggregation and analysis, KPIs systematization, report automation, performance analysis, data infrastructure
LCA automation, ESG data aggregation, CSRD compliance tooling, and carbon footprint scenario modelling
Market intelligence automation, regulatory monitoring across jurisdictions, M&A target screening, and governance document analysis using LLMs
About WSFI
World Sustainable Futures International is an independent advisory firm established by seasoned executives who have personally managed the business challenges our clients face — full P&L ownership, board participation, regulatory engagement, and large-scale industrial transformations across multiple regions and sectors.
We distinguish ourselves by decades of direct operational experience rather than externally-developed frameworks. Our recommendations derive from initiatives we have personally executed — not theoretical models.
Advisors have served as executives in petrochemicals, upstream energy, circular economy, and international governance — with full accountability, not consulting-only backgrounds.
Operations span Europe, Americas, and Asia, with offices in Portugal, the Netherlands, and Brazil.
Recommendations derive from personally executed initiatives rather than theoretical models.
Credentials
Careers built inside the industries we advise: executive leadership, board service, global standards and institutional roles.
Managing Partner
Downstream Operations · Circular & Low Carbon Products
36 years in the Petrochemical Industry. EVP Braskem North America, Europe & Asia. CEO of international holding with 16+ subsidiaries. Board member across Mexico, Netherlands, Brazil and Thailand. Based in Portugal.
Career highlightsBased in Portugal.
Strategic Partner
Upstream Operations · Infrastructure
22+ years in energy, upstream operations, logistics and international governance. Former CEO of Petrobras Netherlands B.V., former Managing Director of Transpetro International B.V. Based in the Netherlands.
Career highlightsBased in the Netherlands.
Strategic Partner
Manufacturing · Industrial Operations
35+ years. EVP Manufacturing & Global Operations, Energy, Industrial Decarbonization and Smart Factory. EVP Chemicals and Vinyls Business. Several board positions in Brazil. Wharton Global Leaders, MBA FGV. Based in Brazil.
Career highlightsBased in Brazil.
Strategic Partner
Sustainability · Policy
39 years in large industries. Co-leader ISO 59004 — Circular Economy (102 countries). Chair UN Global Compact Network Brazil. ICCA leadership on Energy, Climate & Plastics. Professor FGV/EAESP. Based in Brazil.
Career highlightsBased in Brazil.
Strategic Partner
AI & Digital Transformation
15+ years. Senior ML Engineer and agentic AI specialist. Built and operated production AI infrastructure for a consortium of five Dutch banks and an international consumer technology group. Based in Portugal.
Career highlightsBased in Portugal.
Contact
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