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6 » LENSES December 2018 | AutoData By Vicente Alessi, filho Acervo pessoal LENSES SEE MAGNA CUM LAUDE The new executive boards of the Anfavea/Sinfavea complex take office in April. From there, I have heard things that remind me to the management of André Beer, president from 1983 to 1989. See this: what I hear from contemporary directors is that they have been made up of professionals not as committed to the vehicles business as they had been years ago. And that the associated companies would have become accustomed to designate professionals, for the entity, more as an obligation than an attitude of conscious representation. And that these vice presidents do not always have full understanding of the associative role of Anfavea, its history and its established traditions. LENSES SEE MAGNA CUM LAUDE 2 Back to André Beer: he reached the presidency intending (for himself) the minds of those gentlemen with whom he shared the board meetings table. A complicated table since there was a Fiat which was wishing to participate in the relay and a Mercedes-Benz just filling the gap. There was mistrust in the air. What did Andrew do to ensure the boys’ loyalty?: He ruled for all associates and (on purpose) relinquished some of his secondary interests of the company he works for (General Motors) - to make it clear that he was interested in everyone’s lawsuit. Something (perhaps) inspired by the Count of Lampedusa’s literature. There were several attitudes of apparent detachment, which earned him the qualification of “master of us all”, created by an admirer and successor. LENTES SEE MAGNA CUM LAUDE 3 I mean (with all this) that the position of president of entities like Anfavea is not similar to a student body. The man is indicated by his company and begins to have the great opportunity to demonstrate two things in front of his confreres, who have evaluated him since always: firmness in the interest defense of the company and willingness of the joint work in defense of the industry’s common interests. In other words: the man begins serving in the infantry without much intendancy at his disposal - over time, and at the cost of good services, he gets his dragons. What seems to happen in Anfavea today, if we observe the disposition of some vice presidents, is the attitude of magna cum laude still in kindergarten. LES UNS ET LES AUTRES In the world of some and others, the automotive activity misses the two boys in the picture very much: Mauri Missaglia and Mark Hogan deeply defended different interests in the 1990s but became friends – until now. Mauri was the president of Abrac (entity that brings together the Chevrolet dealers) and Mark, the chairman of the very powerful General Motors. Besides them, the interests of les uns and de les autres came together: there were years of almost peace and prosperity. During the Salão do Automóvel, at the Lexus stand, both were catching up on the past.