Vitor Affonso Ribeiro Barbosa is Smile Train’s Program Manager for Brazil.

In this position, Vitor serves as Smile Train’s main point of contact and representative in the country. He’s responsible for maintaining, expanding, and improving cleft programs and implementing effective and efficient strategies according to the needs of each partner or program, in line with regional and global goals and guidelines.

Vitor is driven to help our partners expand their surgical operations, while maintaining — and raising — the safety and quality standards of each treatment. He is also responsible for providing more opportunities for Brazilian partners to offer multidisciplinary, comprehensive cleft treatments beyond surgery.

Vitor brings more than seven years of professional experience in international process and project analysis to this role. He has a bachelor’s degree in international relations and a postgraduate degree in economics and sustainability management from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.