Péricles Arilho started his career in conformity assessment in 1994 as Commercial Manager of the now-extinct UCIEE. He was responsible for the start of UL Solutions’ operations in Brazil in 1999; in 2005 assumed UL’s Regional Marketing and Sales Management for Los Angeles. In 2008, as the President of UL do Brasil Certificações, he acquired the largest home appliance testing laboratory in Brazil.

Péricles Arilho graduated in Electronic Engineering at University Mackenzie, a postgraduate in Marketing Administration at FAAP, and his MBA in General Management at Insper – Institute of Education and Research, São Paulo, Brazil.