Oscar Palmquist
Oscar Victor Palmquist Arias of
World Scout Conference in South Korea for a six-year term.[1]
Palmquist has acquired a wide experience covering 101 countries and five continents. In his job, Palmquist visits an average of 11 countries per year on several continents. As Member of the World Scout Committee and was the chairman of the MTF Membership review task force which allowed the World Scout Committee to recommend Palestine, Macao, Aruba and Curacao as WOSM members, and as Chairman of the Global Support Priority Area he created the Global Support concept and the GSAT Global Support Assessment Tool.
Palmquist joined Scouting in 1975 at the age of 11, and at 16 earned the Interamerican Scout Committee from 2004 to 2007. Palmquist worked on several projects such as the creation of the Comunidade do Escutismo Lusófono.
Palmquist was the Brazilian contingent leader to five World Scout Jamborees, and the contingent leader at three Pan-American Jamborees and the Centro-American Camporee.
He has been honored with more than 20 awards and medals from Brazil, Malaysia, South Korea, Asia Pacific,
Silver Eagle from Mexico in 2007, and the Tapir de Prata medal (the highest Scouting award of Brazil) in 2008. He was awarded the Mayor of the City of São Paulo
Gold Medal for Community Services in 2006 and The Lusophonic Community Medal. After his term ended as World Scout Committee Member he became the 1st Vice President of UEB (Scouts Brazil) National Executive Board from 2015 to 2016.
In 1987 Palmquist graduated in
Cambridge University in England
. He also participated in seminars at IMD Business School from Lausanne Switzerland.
In 1993 Palmquist started work with
semiconductors. In 2008 Oscar Palmquist became the Senior Vice-President for the Americas of Simona AG
Plastics from Germany and in 2012 the General Manager for Plasson in Latin America.
See also
References
- ^ "World Scout Conference". Greater London Scout Region News. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05.