Federico Kladt is a Chemical Engineer with an MBA in International Administration from California State University, Dominguez Hills (USA). He currently serves as R&D&I Director for a major food industry company in Brazil.
He has been playing bridge since 1987 and is a four-time winner of the Brazilian Team Championship, as well as a winner of the Argentine Team Championship and runner-up in the South American Team Championship. He also played competitively in the United States for three years.
In terms of bridge administration, he has twice served as President of the São Paulo Bridge Club. He is currently the Technical Director of the Brazilian Bridge Federation and a member of the Consulting Council of the Confederación Sudamericana de Bridge (CSB – Zone 3).
He is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, English, and German.