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Governance

Steering Committee

Ricardo Young da Silva (President)
CEO of Yázigi – Difusão de Educação e Cultura S.A.
Founder of Associação Brasileira de Franchising (ABF – Brazilian Association of Franchising)
Coordinator of the World Business Academy
National coordinator of Pensamento Nacional das Bases Empresariais (PNBE – National Thought of Business Leaders Association)
Founder and member of Transparência Brasil (Transparency Brazil)
President of Centro Brasileiro de Filosofia para Crianças (Brazilian Center of Philosophy for Children)
Member of the Conselho de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (CDES – Council for Economic and Social Development) of the Presidency of the Republic

Antoninho Marmo Trevisan
President of Trevisan Auditores e Consultores

Celina Borges Torrealba Carpi
President and shareholder in Libra Terminais S.A.
Member of the board of directors of the Libra Group holding
Member of the Social Responsibility Council of the Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Firjan – Federation of Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro)

Eduardo Capobianco
Vice president of Construcap CCPS Eng. e Com. Ltda.
Former president of Sindicato da Indústria da Construção Civil do Estado de São Paulo (Sinduscon-SP – Syndicate of Building Construction of the State of São Paulo)
Former director and board member of the Sociedade dos Produtores de Açúcar e Álcool (Sopral) – Sugar and Alcohol Producers Society
Former president of the Câmara Brasileira da Indústria da Construção (Construction Industry Brazilian Chamber)

Emerson Kapaz
Executive president of the Instituto Brasileiro de Ética Concorrencial (Brazilian Institute of Competition Ethics)

Guilherme Peirão Leal
President of Natura Cosméticos S.A.
Member of the Conselho Nacional de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (Consea – National Council of Food Security) of the Presidency of the Republic

Helio Mattar
President of the Instituto Akatu pelo Consumo Consciente (Akatu Institute for Conscious Consumption)
President director of the Fundação Abrinq pelos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (Abrinq Foundation for the Rights of Children and Youth)
Former secretary of Production Development of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
One of the founders of Pensamento Nacional das Bases Empresariais (PNBE – National Thought of Business Leaders Association) and of Instituto Ethos

Horácio Lafer Piva
President of the Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo (Fiesp – Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo)
Member of the board of directors of Indústrias Klabin S.A.
Member of the board of directors of the Associação Brasileira de Celulose e Papel (BRACELPA – Brazilian Pulp and Paper Association)

Jorge Luiz Numa Abrahão
Executive director of Basic Engenharia Ltda.
General coordinator of the Fórum Empresarial de Apoio à Cidade de São Paulo (Business Forum for Support to the City of São Paulo)
Member of the national directorate of Cives - Associação Brasileira de Empresários pela Cidadania (Cives – Brazilian Association of Entrepreneurs for Citizenship)
Member of the board of directors of Transparency Brazil

José Luciano Duarte Penido
President of Votorantim Celulose e Papel
Vice president of the Federação das Indústrias do Estado de Minas Gerais (Fiemg – Federation of Industries of the State of Minas Gerais)
Chair of the Fiemg Corporate Citizenship Committee
Chair of the consulting board of the Sociedade Mineira de Engenheiros (Minas Gerais Society of Engineers)

Maria Cristina Nascimento
Director of Espaço Empresarial Gestão de Serviços Ltda.

Mauro Farias Dutra (lay off)
Director of Novadata Sistema de Computadores

Oded Grajew (Chairman of the Board)
Former President of Instituto Ethos Business and Social Responsibility
Member of the Brazilian Council for Economic and Social Development
Former special assistant to the President of Brazil
Member of the Consulting Council of the UN Global Compact
Creator of the World Social Forum
Founding Member of the National Business Thought (PNBE)
Founder, Former president and member of the board of Abrinq Foudantion for Children’s Rights
Founder and present honor coordinator of Cives – Brazilian Association of Entrepreneurs for Citizenship

Pedro Moreira Salles
Chair of the board of directors of Unibanco – União de Bancos Brasileiros
General manager of Brasil Warrant – Administração de Bens e Empresas Ltda.

Sérgio Ephim Mindlin
Director president of Fundação Telefônica (Telefônica Foundation)
Former president and chair of the board of Fundação Abrinq pelos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (Abrinq Foundation for the Rights of Children and Youth)
Former president and chair of the board of Metal Leve S.A
Founding member and former Coordinator of Pensamento Nacional das Bases Empresariais (PNBE – National Thought of Business Leaders Association)

Advisory Board

Aparecida Sueli Carneiro
Director of Geledés – Instituto da Mulher Negra (Geledés – Afro-Brazilian Woman Institute) Member of the Consulting Board of Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor (Idec – Brazilian Institute of Consumer Defense)
Researcher of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq – National Council of Scientific and Technological Development)
Writer of the newspaper Correio Braziliense

Daniel Feffer
Director of Companhia Suzano

Hélio Zylberstajn
Member of the assessment committee of Plano Nacional de Educação Profissional (Planfor – National Plan for Professional Education)
Coordinator of Programa Mediar (information program for strategic mediation between labour and capital) of the Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas (Fipe – Economical Research Institute Foundation) at University of São Paulo (USP)

João Paulo Ribeiro Capobianco
Coordinator and executive secretary of Instituto Socioambiental (ISA – Socio-Environmental Institute)

José Pessoa Queiroz Bisneto
President of J. Pessoa Group
Director of the Sugar and Alcohol Producers Association in the States of Mato Grosso do Sul and Sergipe

José Roberto Marinho
Executive vice president of Organizações Globo

Nelson Pacheco Sirotsky
President of RBS Group (Rede Brasil Sul de Comunicação)
President of the Maurício Sirotsky Sobrinho Foundation
Member of the Brazil Council of Insead (European Institute of Business Administration)

Oscar Vilhena Vieira
Executive secretary of the Latin American United Nations Institute
Attorney of the State of São Paulo

Roberto Egydio Setúbal
Director president of Banco Itaú S.A
President of the board of directors of the Federação Brasileira das Associações de Bancos (Febraban – Brazilian Federation of Bank Associations)

Roberto Giannetti da Fonceca
President of Silex Trading S.A.
Member of the Permanent Business Council of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations
Chair of the board of directors of Lazarus Metais Ltda., in London, UK

Stephen Kanitz
Director of Kanitz & Associados
Writer

Valdemar de Oliveira Neto
Coordinator of Avina Foundation
Board member for the Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability of the United Kingdom
Former executive director of Instituto Ethos

Fiscal Council

Cláudio Emanuel de Menezes
President of Disoft Solution S.A.

Élcio Aníbal de Lucca
President of Serasa - Centralização de Serviços Bancários S.A.

Joaquim Manhães Moreira
Partner and director of Manhães Moreira Advogados Associados

Lina Menezes
Partner and director in Aguilla Produção e Comunicação

Vilma Peramezza
General manager of Condomínio Conjunto Nacional

Wander Telles
Auditor and coordinator of Cidadania Program - Price

International Advisory Board

Alice Tepper Marlin
SAI – Social Accountability International
USA

Allen White
Tellus Institute
USA

Bernardo Toro
Universidad Javeriana
Colombia

Bob Dunn
BSR – Business for Social Responsibility
USA