Sílvia Andrade Edwards is a senior executive with extensive global experience in various sectors and countries. She has skills in general management, results growth, strategy definition, portfolio management, corporate social responsibility, digital strategy, and external engagement.

Currently, she is the Managing Director for Central America South at PMI in San Jose, Costa Rica, since January 2023. Previously, she was the Global Head of Commercial Reduced Risk Products at PMI in Lausanne, Switzerland, from November 2019 to January 2023, and the European Marketing Director for all categories at PMI, from January 2017 to November 2019. She also served as the European Marketing Director for Marlboro, Nordics Marketing Director, Group Brand Manager for CZ/SK, and Manager for Next Generation Products at PMI.

Before that, she worked as a Global Marketing Manager at Bacardi Global Brands and as a Consumer Insight Manager at Unilever. Sílvia Andrade Edwards holds a degree in Economics from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and resides in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Sílvia Andrade Edwards has been a member of the Portuguese Diaspora Council since May 2024.