Career
He was elected at the 38th World Scout Conference in South of Korea for a six-year term. Due to his extensive work, when his term ended, another Brazilian Scouter, Fernando Brodeschi was elected to the committee for a three year term. Palmquist has acquired a wide experience covering 96 countries and five continents.
In his job, Palmquist visits an average of 11 countries per year on several continents.
He was twice President of the Brazilian Youth Forum, and was elected Vice-President of the Interamerican Youth Forum in Chile in 1980. In 1985, he received his Wood Badge and became a Wood Badge training director in 1987.
In 1992, he was the youngest national board member ever elected, and in 1993 became Director for International Relations. From 1995 to 1998, Palmquist served as Vice-President of the União dos Escoteiros do Brasil.
He served as the International Commissioner for the Brazilian Scout Association from 1993 to 2007, and first Vice-Chairman of 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 of Korea, Asia Pacific, Portugal, Scotland, Mexico and Japan, including the gold Saint George"s Cross in 1999, the Silver Eagle from Mexico in 2007, and the Tapir de Prata medal (the highest Scouting award of Brazil) in 2008.
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 Electronic Engineering at Pontifícia Universidade Católica in Porto Alegre, Brazil and in 2007 he finished his Master of Business Administration at University of Redlands California, with emphasis in Global Business at Cambridge University in England. He also participated in semonars at Institute for Management Development Business School from Lausanne Switzerland.
In 1993 Palmquist started work with Georg Fischer, located in Switzerland, was Vice President for all Latin American Operations, President of Georg Fischer Mexico, and business development for Shipbuilding. He worked with plastic piping systems for water treatment, gas distribution, life sciences, automotive, and 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.
