Aida Lorenzo

General Manager, Renewable Fuels Association

General Manager of the Renewable Fuels Association in Guatemala and also serves as the Sustainable Bioenergy Lead on the Climate Champion Team. Ms. Lorenzo is an industrial engineer with a Master’s degree in Business Administration and Environmental Management. With over 20 years of experience, she has a deep expertise in renewable energies, biofuels, and climate change, among other areas. She actively promotes the production and use of liquid biofuels in Central America and has a significant role in various environmental and climate-related initiatives.

Alexandre Baldy

Vice-President Sênior, BYD

Graduated in Law from Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (PUC-GO), he became an entrepreneur at 18 when he started his first company, and since then, he has built a solid and successful career in the private sector, especially in industry.

In 2011, he entered public life, balancing his careers, and during this period, he gained extensive experience in the public sector, holding significant positions in Goiás as Secretary of Industry and Commerce, Federal Deputy, and President of the Housing Agency; in São Paulo as Secretary of State for Metropolitan Transportation; and in Brasília with an impressive role in the Chamber of Deputies, having been the leader of the largest party bloc in the House, President of Permanent and Provisional Committees, reported on over 20 legislative matters (such as repatriation and other economic issues), and was awarded as one of the five most influential parliamentarians in Congress in 2017. He served as Minister of State for Cities, overseeing the Minha Casa, Minha Vida program, Urban Mobility nationwide, and was a signatory of the Basic Sanitation Regulatory Framework and creator of the Digital Driver’s License in Brazil.

In the private sector, he serves on various company boards across different economic segments. He is the Senior Vice President of BYD Brasil and the Head of BYD Auto Brasil.

Recently, he sold his packaging industry businesses, which he started over 18 years ago, becoming a market leader in each segment of activity.

Social work has always been a prominent aspect of Baldy’s life, a trait he learned from his father, Prosecutor Joel Sant’Anna Braga, and his mother, Eulina Baldy de Sant’Anna. He is married to Luana Limírio Gonçalves Braga and is the father of Alexandre Filho and Cléo.

He currently stands out as one of the leading young intermediaries between private life and national politics.

Alexandre Dal Forno

IoT & 5G Director, TIM Brasil

André Rocha

Executive President, SIFAEG.

10º Vice-President of FIEG since 2019;

President of the National Sugar-Energy Forum 2013/2021;

President of CELG 2004-2007

Antonio Salibe

CEO, UDOP

Agronomist graduated from the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo – Esalq/USP, class of 1971;
Graduated as a High School Special Education Teacher from the Faculty of Education of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ);
Master’s Degree in Communication from Universidade Paulista – Unip;
Member of the Higher Agribusiness Council – COSAG – of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo – Fiesp;
Member of the Sugar and Alcohol Sector Chamber of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply – Mapa;
Retired professor at UFSCar – Federal University of São Carlos in the Department of Biotechnology and Plant and Animal Production – DBPVA;
Former coordinator of the Regional Office of the Federal University of São Carlos – UFSCar, in Araçatuba/SP;
Former head of Planalsucar’s sugarcane experimental station in Valparaíso, and of UFSCar/Ridesa, having contributed to the implementation of PróAlcool in the Araçatuba/SP region.
He was one of the driving forces behind the creation, in 1985, of UDOP – União Nacional da Bioenergia (National Bioenergy Union), where he currently holds the position of Executive President. UDOP has trained more than 250,000 professionals in the bioenergy sector;
He is a member of the Municipal Council for the Defense of the Environment – Condema and the Municipal Council for Science, Technology and Innovation of the Araçatuba City Hall;
He is Executive President of UDOP – National Bioenergy Union.

Anup Kumar

Managing Director, Sucden India.

Anup Kumar is Managing Director of Sucden India. Sucden has been the merchant of choice for sugar mills, industrial users, and public distribution networks across India. We are constantly working to integrate our understanding of the crop development, impact of government policies, changing weather patterns to build a better view of the global marketplace. Anup is a Chemical Engineer from IIT Benares and an alumnus of IIM Calcutta.

Arlindo Farias

President, Sonal-RN

Arnaldo Jardim

Federal Deputy, Chamber of Deputies, Brasilia, Brazil.

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Arthur Lira

President, Câmara dos Deputados (Lower House in the Brazilian Congress)

COMING SOON

Caio Dafico

Vice President of New Business, Atvos

Graduated in Civil Engineering from the University of Brasilia (UnB) and has extensive experience in strategy and investments in infrastructure and basic industries in South America. He has participated in several relevant transactions as part of the Mubadala Capital and Pátria Infraestrutura teams, as well as supporting the investment decisions of several funds and corporate investors as a consultant to Bain & Company’s Private Equity team for the entire South American continent. Since July 2023, he has led the New Business area at Atvos, focusing on the development of new markets such as biomethane, corn ethanol and SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel).

Carlos Augusto Serra Roma

CEO, Riba Brasil, Technical Director and Member of the Board of Directors, ABVE

Caroline Perestrelo

Sr Head Agro Corporate, Santander Brasil

Daniel Lopes

Executive Vice President of Sustainability, Utilities & Business Development, Fueling Sustainability (FS)

Edmundo Coelho Barbosa

President, Sindálcool-PB

Executive President of the Union of the Alcohol Manufacturing Industry in the State of Paraíba; Studied at the University of São Paulo and the Mackenzie University School of Engineering. Graduated in Mechanical Engineering Mackenzie University – São Paulo 1970 – 1974: Graduated in Social Sciences Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Social Sciences – University of São Paulo.

Positions:
Businessman since 1986 – Nutritiva Alimentos Ltda;
Member of Bioenergia Brasil.
Member of the Northeast Biotechnology Network;
Member of the Agribusiness Innovation and Technological Prospecting Network;
Member of CNI’s Agroindustry Thematic Council – COAGRO;
Member of the State Water Resources Council – CERH.

Edson Fernandes

Secretary, Secretariat of Agriculture and Supply of the State of São Paulo

Born in Uberaba/MG, Edson Fernandes studied Public Management at the Nove de Julho University in São Paulo.

He began his career in public life as a parliamentary aide in the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia in 1988.

In 2016, he joined the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) in the state of São Paulo, as deputy superintendent. A year later, he became head of the department, when he left the federal agency to join the Development Policy Board of the São Paulo State Land Institute (Itesp).

In September 2023, he began his career at the São Paulo State Department of Agriculture and Supply as coordinator of Institutional Relations and was subsequently appointed executive secretary of the department.

Eduardo Leão Souza

President, CropLife Brasil

An executive with a consolidated career in Government and International Relations, with more than 20 years of experience in the private sector, international organizations, government and academia. A specialist in agribusiness and renewable energies, he has extensive experience in public policy, organizational management and business development, including strong interpersonal communication and customer orientation. He holds a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of São Paulo and an MBA in Government Relations from FGV.

Ernani Judice

Founder & CEO, Agrion

Academic Training

• Business Administration – PUC Rio de Janeiro (1995 – 2000 drop out to follow international racing career)

Business Professional Experience

Sales Manager – MONY Life Insurance Company (Brazil / USA 1997 – 1999)
• Life Insurance Company and Variable Income Funds, with headquarters in the USA;
• Focus on selling income-based life insurance in the US and approach of the company with funds in Brazil (e.g. Banco Itaú, Banco
Multiplic).

Partner & General Manager – Holding of Brazil Insurance Broker
Performance Insurance (United States 1997 – 1999)
• Development and management of life insurance wallet with servers of the State of São Paulo, from the bank Nossa Caixa Nosso Banco;
• Insurance in general.
• Representation in the state of Rio de Janeiro of COSESP (Companhia de
Insurance of the State of São Paulo)
• Insurance Platform South America Insurance

Executive Director & Partner – Two Arches Waste Treatment Center
Other enterprises (managing partner) (United States 2005 – 2009)
• Landfill planning, implementation, licensing and management private and solutions for urban and health waste in the northern region of state of Rio de Janeiro. Contracts with 12 municipalities in the region.
• Leadership in project implementation and management of:
• Street lighting,
• Collection of garbage,
• Management of hospitals and health points,
• Works, Cleaning and maintenance of public places,

Founder (CEO 2009 – 2014 and 2106 – 2018) – Geocycle Biotechnology S/A (Brazil 2009 – currently)
Business Model Formation, Preparation of Business Plans,
Executive Management;
• Development of technology, production process (bench, plant pilot, Ramp up), and sales;
• Funding, relationship with financial institutions, entities of the sector, M&A processes, etc.
• Open Innovation R&D laboratories;
• Leadership in the company’s extensive restructuring process;

Founding Partner – VENTINNO Capital (Brazil 2009 – currently)
Investment holding company and participation in business, mentoring and consulting,
such as:
• Prepark: technology company for technology mobility and management of parking lots;
• Pay Via Fone: joint venture with Pay By Phone, the world’s largest company to electronic parking payment platform;
• Joint venture with US Specialty Minerals Inc in PCC project (Precipitated Calcium Carbonate) with Klabin;
• Be Green: largest urban farms company in Latin America
• Aroma Selezione: beverage production company;

CEO & Founder – AGRION Agrisolutions (Brazil / USA 2020 – currently)
• Agrion Agrisolutions: company that develops sustainable agriculture projects for large waste generators and fertilizer consumers.

Evandro Gussi

President, UNICA

Evandro Gussi is the President and CEO of the União da Indústria de Cana-de-Açúcar e Bioenergia (Unica), an organization dedicated to providing clean, renewable, and natural energy in the form of sugar, biofuels, bioelectricity, and biomass.

Before taking on the leadership of UNICA, Evandro Gussi served as the Comptroller-General of the Chamber of Deputies. Elected to Congress in 2014 (term from 2015-2019), he served as the leader of his party between 2016 and 2017.

Gussi was the author of the “RENOVABIO” Law, a key piece of legislation aimed at increasing the use of biofuels in Brazil, contributing to the country’s achievement of its greenhouse gas reduction targets and its commitments under the Paris Agreement.

Evandro Gussi holds a Ph.D. in Law from the Faculty of Law at the University of São Paulo (2009) and a Master’s in Law from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2005).

Fabrizzio Marchetti

CIO, Milenio Capital

Fernanda Delgado

CEO, ABIHV

CEO of ABIHV, the Brazilian Association of the Green Hydrogen Industry. Professor of Postgraduate Studies at Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV and UFRJ. Professor in the Postgraduate Program at the Army Command and Staff School. Fernanda has a PhD in Energy Planning, a Master’s Degree in Information Technology and in International Finance. She has published several books and chapters and numerous articles on the energy sector and petropolitics.

Fernando Dueire

Senator, Federal Senate

Fernando Rodrigues

Founder Partner, Rural Ventures

With more than 15 years’ experience in finance and agribusiness, he is the founder and managing partner of Rural Ventures, a venture capital firm dedicated to supporting agtech and foodtech startups. He also hosts the Rural Talks podcast, where he highlights industry innovations aimed at closing the gap between traditional agriculture and technology. He has a degree in Business Administration with an emphasis on Logistics, a postgraduate degree in Economics and an MBA in Exponential Business. He currently acts as an advisor to five agtech companies and, for the last 11 years, was the partner responsible for the agribusiness sector at XP Investimentos.

Flavio Castellari

Specialist in Access to International Markets

Ganesh Bongane

Assist General Manager, Baramati Agro

Ganesh Bongane is the Assistant General Manager of Sales for the Sugar Business at Baramati Agro Limited, where he leverages his extensive experience to drive sales and strategic growth initiatives. With a background that includes Sugar Research Analyst at Sucden and Global Canesugar Services, Ganesh has developed a deep understanding of the sugar industry. An Agricultural Engineer and alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, Ganesh combines technical expertise with a commitment to collaboration and innovation in the sugar industry.

Geovane Consul

CEO, BP Bioenergy

With a degree in Chemical Engineering, Geovane has an MBA from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and a postgraduate degree in Executive Development from IMD in Switzerland. He began his career at Bunge as an engineering trainee in the food processing sector in the late 1980s, accumulating experience in process management, projects and various teams. Since then, he has consolidated a solid executive career in Brazil and abroad, having served as production manager at Bunge France, operations director at Bunge Brazil’s Ingredients Division.

Previously, he served as COO for Agribusiness in Brazil, Vice President of Sugar & Bioenergy, CEO of Bunge Açúcar and BP Bunge Bioenergia.

Since October 2024 he has been the CEO of bp bioenergy, a company of the bp group, a global energy company.

Gilberto Martins

Director of Regulatory Affairs and Information Technology, Anfavea

Guilherme Bellotti de Melo

Superintendent of Agrobusiness Credit, Itaú BBA

Guilherme Bellotti joined Itaú BBA in 2013 and is currently manager of agribusiness consulting. In his professional career, he worked as an analyst at Rabobank and, before that, he was a researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics (Cepea) at the University of São Paulo (USP). He has a degree in Agricultural Economics from Esalq-USP and a Master’s degree in Applied Economics from the same institution. Guilherme also has an MBA in Finance from Insper.

Guilherme Campos Júnior

Secretary of Agricultural Policy, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock

Guilherme Cavalcanti

Secretary of Economic Development of Pernambuco

Guilherme Cavalcanti has solid experience in public management, entrepreneurship and advocacy. He has a degree in Business Administration from the Catholic University of Pernambuco (Unicap), with a specialization in Finance from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV). He obtained further training in the areas of corporate governance from the IBGC, public finance from the World Bank, urban development from the Gehl Architects Institute and early childhood policies from Harvard University. He was executive director of the Atitude Pernambuco business movement for three years. He was also co-founder and CEO of the Recife Agency for Innovation and Strategy (ARIES), CEO of Companhia de Participações do Centro de Estudos e Sistemas Avançados do Recife (CESAR) and president of the Pernambuco Economic Development Agency (Adepe). Guilherme is 46 years old, has been married for 18 years and has three children.

Guilherme Nastari

Director, DATAGRO

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Guilherme Nolasco

Executive President, UNEM

Rural producer, veterinarian with a long career in Agribusiness, Guilherme Linares Nolasco is executive president of the National Union of Corn Ethanol (UNEM). He has extensive experience as an executive and manager in the agricultural sector. He chaired the Mato Grosso Institute of Meat and the Institute of Agricultural Defense of Mato Grosso. He is currently Coordinator of the Bioenergy Commission of the Instituto Pensar Agro (IPA/ FPA), participates in the Productive Chambers of Sugar and Alcohol and Corn and Sorghum in the MAPA, is a founding member of the PCI Institute (Produce, Conserve and Include) and representative of the Corn Ethanol sector at the Ethanol Supply Monitoring Table coordinated by the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME).

Gustavo Rattes

President, Orplana

Gustavo Rattes de Castro is a businessman and rural producer (beef cattle, sugar and ethanol and grains), Chairman of the Board of ORPLANA (Organization of Sugarcane Producers’ Associations of Brazil), Fiscal and Advisory Board Member of APMP BIOENERGIA (Association of Producers of Raw Materials for the Bioenergy Industries of Goiás), Board Member of CONSECANA (Council of Sugarcane, Sugar and Ethanol Producers of the State of São Paulo).

He has a degree in Zootechnics and a postgraduate degree in Human Resources Management.

Henry Joseph Jr

Director of Sustainability and Strategic and Institutional Partnerships, ANFAVEA

Henry Joseph Junior is the Technical Director of ANFAVEA. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and a Bachelor’s in Chemistry from Universidade Mackenzie, with further specialization from Tsukuba University (Japan) and over 30 published papers on fuels and vehicle emissions. He worked for 36 years in Engineering at Volkswagen, focusing on engines, ethanol, emissions, and lubricants. He was one of the key figures in the development of flex-fuel technology.

Hugo Cagno Filho

President, UDOP

Hugo Motta

Federal Deputy, Chamber of Deputies

Humberto Jasso Torres

Executive President, CNIAA

Humberto Jasso serves as the Executive President of the Mexican Sugar Chamber, a pivotal organization representing the interests of sugar mill companies engaged in the conversion of cane into sugar throughout Mexico. In this capacity, he advocates on behalf of the industry before government entities, collaborates with cane growers and labor unions, and champions Mexican sugar in international markets. His advocacy extends to promoting sugar as a healthy ingredient.

Mr. Jasso also holds the position of Vice President at the World Sugar Research Organization, headquartered in London. This organization is committed to the objective analysis of scientific research on sugar and promotes a science-based understanding of its role in health.

Additionally, Mr. Jasso serves as Vice President for International Trade at the Mexican National Agricultural Council (CNA), the premier private sector body representing farmers, ranchers, fisheries, forestry, and the agroindustry.
Prior to his leadership at the Mexican Sugar Chamber, which began in 2011, Mr. Jasso had an illustrious 22-year career at Mexico’s Trade Ministry. His notable achievements include participation in the original negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Humberto Jasso resides in Mexico City with his wife and two sons. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Yale University and a Master’s Degree in Economic Development from Cambridge University.

Ingo Kalder

Partner, DATAGRO Financial

João Irineu Medeiros

Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Stellantis

Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Post-graduate in Structural Engineering from UFMG and in Economic Engineering from Dom Cabral Foundation.

MBA in Business Management from Fundação Dom Cabral.

Post-MBA by Kellogg School of Management Chicago, Northwerstern University, USA From 1987 to 2012 he worked in Powertrain and Chassis Product Development of FIAT Latin America:

From 2013 to 2016 he worked at the Tech Center of Fiat Chrysler United States in the areas of V8 engine development, in strategic planning and in the area of vehicle regulation, homologation and compliance.

Currently at Stellantis he is Director of Product Compliance for South America

José Guilherme Nogueira

CEO, ORPLANA

José Mucio

Minister of State for Defense, Ministry of Defense

José Orive

Executive Director, ISO

José Orive is currently the Executive Director of the International Sugar Organization, a post he assumed in January 2014.

Previously Mr Orive was the Executive Director of the Central American Sugar Association (AICA) for 19 years, where he was responsible for negotiations for the the private sugar industry, with emphasis on coordination of    joint actions on priority issues, clearinghouse for information relevant to the sector, publications, participation in international forae.

Since 2010 he also was a partner in ARTLEX law firm in charge of large corporate clients, distribution contracts and environmental issues and arbitration.  He has also held senior posts in other law firms in Guatemala.

Soon after graduating from Georgetown University Law Centre in Washington in 1985 Mr Orive took up the post of Minister Counselor for Economic & Commercial Affairs, Embassy of   Guatemala, Washington, D.C.

Mr Orive is married with two sons.

Josmar Verillo

CEO, Santa Eliza Agroflorestal Gestão Empresarial

Business administrator from PUC SP, MBA in marketing and finance from IESA, Master’s and PhD in economics from Michigan State University. He was CEO of Klabin, president of Alcoa Alumínio, CEO of Bahiapulp, Tonon Bioenergia and Usina Santa Adélia. He is an agribusinessman in the sugar-alcohol and rural tourism sectors. He is a board member of Paper Excellence and Cipalam and has served as a board member of dozens of companies.

Júlio Ramos

Deputy Secretary, Secretariat for Trade and International Relations of Agriculture and Livestock

Leonardo Alencar

Equity Research, XP Investimentos

Leonardo Alencar is the Head of the Agro, Food, and Beverage sector in the Research department and a partner at XP since 2020. With over 19 years of experience, he graduated in Animal Science and started his career as an agricultural market analyst, also working as an agricultural derivatives broker. He was also one of the key people involved in building the Market Intelligence department at Minerva Foods between 2011 and 2020.

Luciana Torrezan

Senior Manager of Market Intelligence, BP Bioenergy

Luciana Torrezan Soncin is Senior Market Intelligence Manager at BP Bunge Bioenergia, a position she has held since August 2023. Luciana has 18 years of experience in commodity analysis, covering markets such as sugar, grains and oilseeds, biofuels, and electric power. Previously, she held positions as Global Head of Sugar at S&P Global Commodity Insights and Global Head of Sugar and Ethanol at Tropical Research. She also worked at Bunge as Market Intelligence Manager and was a sugar and ethanol analyst at Copersucar and StoneX (formerly INTL FCStone Inc). Luciana holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics and a bachelor’s degree in Agroindustrial Economics from the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ/USP).

Luciano Cardoso

Superintendent, Marsh Brasil

With 28 years of experience in the insurance market, Luciano has extensive experience in analyzing and developing industrial risk management programs, with a specialty in the sugar-energy sector.

An insurance broker licensed by SUSEP, he has a degree in business administration, a post-graduate degree in Marketing from FGV and has also completed a leadership development plan at the Dom Cabral Foundation.

Luiz Gustavo Junqueira

Commercial Director, Usina Alta Mogiana

Luiz Gustavo Wiechoreki

General Coordinator of Sugarcane and Agroenergy, MAPA

Luiz Otávio Koblitz

Director, Koblitz Energia

Completed the mechanics course at the Federal Technical School of Pernambuco (ETFP) in 1967.

Mechanics instructor at the DAE School, which trained professionals for CELPE, which was to receive the distributor from the English Pernambuco Tramways. 1967.

Course in coal-fired power generation at the Electricité de France school in Gurcy-le-Châtel 1968 and 1969.

Teacher at ETFP between 1970 and 1974 to set up the electrotechnics course. In 1974 he was Deputy Director of the school.

In January 1975, he started Koblitz Engenharia, which became Koblitz Energia in 1979. They operate throughout Brazil and in Latin American and African countries. They had around 800 employees, including around 100 engineers. In 2008 they sold 70% to the French nuclear energy company AREVA and in 2011 the other 30%. From then on, they focused on making power plants for themselves and/or for companies in which they participated, and they have done so to this day.

Electrical Engineering course at the FESPE Polytechnic School between 1970 and 1974.

Professor of Applied Electrotechnics at the FESPE Polytechnic School between 1975 and 1980. He left in 1981 when he set up a branch in Piracicaba – SP.

Luiz Silvestre Coelho

Chief Trader, Sucden of Brazil

Marcelo Eskenazi

Innovation Advisor for New Businesses, São Martinho

Marcelo Eskenazi has a degree in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and worked in the Industrial Automation sector with a focus on the Oil & Gas and Mining industries and in the Aerospace and Systems sectors for approximately 30 years before joining São Martinho.

In recent years he has worked in the Embraer group as technology director of Embraer Sistemas, business director for the corporate market and member of the Advisory Boards of the Aerospace Fund’s investees.

In 2021, he began his role as New Business Advisor at São Martinho, working to explore and open potential new businesses in the company that maximize the value of our Renewable Carbon.

He also represents São Martinho on the Business Council of PUC Campinas, on the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Bioinnovation Association and on the Business Council of the MetaIndústria Hub with the Brazilian Industrial Development Agency.

Marcelo Morandi

Researcher, EMBRAPA

Marco Anton

Managing Partner, Nutristrahl

Mário Campos Filho

Executive President, Siamig e Bioenergia Brasil

Mário Ferreira Campos Filho is 39 years old. He is an economist graduaded from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), with an MBA in Finance from IBMEC and Government Relations from FGV Brasília.

He has been active in the sector since 2003. Currently, he is the executive president of the Sugar-Ethanol Industries Association of Minas Gerais – SIAMIG – and the Unions of the Sugar and Alcohol Industry in the State of Minas Gerais.

In 2021, he assumed the role of Chairman of the Sugar and Alcohol Sector Chamber of the Ministry of Agriculture and Bioenergia Brasil.

He is also the president of the Environmental and Sustainable Development Council of the Federation of Industries of Minas Gerais.

Mario Michalski

CEO, ComLink

Graduated in Economics from Universidade Mackenzie in São Paulo, with a specialization in Foreign Trade and Marketing. He developed his professional activities working in multinational companies such as Dow Chemical Company, Anderson Clayton S.A., and Quaker Chemical Corporation. At the age of 30, he embarked on a career as an entrepreneur and businessman. At 39, he became an investor partner in Comlink, and in 2019, he took over as CEO, transforming Comlink S.A. into one of the largest B2B platforms in Mercosur, expanding the group’s operations to Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Marussa Boldrin

Deputada Federal, Câmara dos Deputados

Matheus Enfeldt

Equity Research, UBS BB

With a degree in chemical engineering from the Polytechnic School of USP, Matheus has been contributing to UBS BB’s coverage of Agribusiness and Energy stocks since 2019.

Mauro Arnaud de Queiros Mattoso

Head of the Agrifood and Biofuels Complex Department, BNDES

Economist graduated from UFRJ with an Executive MBA from COPPEAD/UFRJ, has worked at BNDES for 19 years, with the last 12 years in the sugar-energy sector, initially as an operational manager and in the past 2 years as Head of the Agro-food and Biofuels Complex Department in the Industry, Services, and Foreign Trade Division.

Miguel Ivan Lacerda

Analyst, EMBRAPA

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Bioenergy
Institution: USP/UNESP/UNICAMP, São Paulo-SP – 2019
Status: Doctoral Candidate

Master’s in Agribusiness
Institution: Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Goiânia-GO
Completion Date: June 28, 2006

Bachelor’s in Economics
Institution: Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (PUC), Goiânia-GO
Completion Date: April 1996

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BRAZILIAN SERVICE OF SUPPORT FOR MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES (SEBRAE) – Analyst
Period: 2001 to 2011

BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CORPORATION (EMBRAPA) – Analyst Class A
Period: 2011 – Present

MINISTRY OF NATIONAL INTEGRATION (MI) – International Advisor
Period: 2011 to 2015

METRÔDF – METROPOLITAN COMPANY OF BRASÍLIA – Head of Advisory
Period: 2015 to 2016

MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY (MME) – Director of the Department of Biofuels (DBio)
Period: 2016 to 2020

QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES

Process Management – BPM (Duration: 8 hours)
BP Company, BC COMPANY. 2010

Training Multipliers Starting Small Big (Duration: 20 hours)
Corporate University Sebrae, SEBRAE. 2009

Practitioner Training in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (Duration: 118 hours)
Equilibrium Center for Human Development, EQUILIBRIUM. 2007

Strategic Management Focused on Results (Duration: 15 hours)
Support Service for Micro and Small Enterprises of Goiás, SEBRAE/GO. 2005

Specialization in Local Development (Duration: 220 hours)
International Labour Organization (ILO), Spain. 2002 – 2003

Bachelor’s in Economics
Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (PUC GOIÁS), Brazil. 1988 – 1996

Consolidated experience in Agribusiness, Biofuels, Fuels, Economics, Behavioral Economics, Negotiation, and Intertemporal Choices.

Responsible for developing RenovaBio, the current national policy for the renewable sector at the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME).

Coordinated the National Irrigation Policy, supporting the creation of a management system for irrigated agriculture, coordinating various agencies in the sector, supporting private initiative and small farmers at the Ministry of National Integration (MI).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Economist with a master’s degree in Agribusiness from the Federal University of Goiás. Formerly a Manager at Sebrae, Director of Regional Development Programs, National Secretary of Irrigation, International Advisor to the Minister at the Ministry of National Integration, and Head of Strategic Planning at Metro DF. Currently, an Analyst Class A at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) and Director of Biofuels at the Ministry of Mines and Energy since November 2016, promoting significant engagements with stakeholders in the fuel supply chain. Believes that biofuels represent a strategic policy for economic, social, and environmental development in Brazil and the world.

LANGUAGES

English: Fluent in conversation, reading, and writing.
Spanish: Advanced level in conversation, reading, and writing.

Miguel Rubens Tranin

President, Alcopar

Born in Paranavai (PR). He has a degree in Agronomic Engineering and a post-graduate degree in Commodities Trading from CEPEA, USP.
He has worked in the sugar-energy sector for 22 years. He is a partner in the Nova Produtiva Agroindustrial Cooperative, based in Astorga (PR). He is currently CEO of Alcopar (Association of Bioenergy Producers of the State of Paraná).

Positions:
– President of Sialpar (Alcohol Manufacturing Industry Union of the State of Paraná)
– President of Siapar (Sugar Industry Union in the State of Paraná).
– President of Sibiopar (Biodiesel Production Industry Union of the State of Paraná).
– President of Sibielpar (Union of the Industry of Production and Generation of Bioelectricity through
biomass and biogas from sugarcane in the state of Paraná).
– At the Ministry of Agriculture, he is a member of the Sugar and Alcohol Sector Chamber.
– Member of the Agribusiness Infrastructure and Logistics Thematic Chamber.
– At CNI (Coagro) he is a member of the Agroindustry Thematic Council.
– Board member of the National Sugar and Energy Forum.
– Member of IPA (Instituto Pensar Agropecuária).
– Vice President of the Federation of Industries of Paraná (FIEP).

Milton Santos Campelo da Silva

President, Sindicanálcool­-MA

Agricultural Engineer with a Master’s Degree in Economics (IDP)

Newton Duarte

President, COGEN

40 years’ experience in the electrical sector, working for Siemens and General Electric. Electrical Engineer, graduated from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo – USP. In 1997 he attended the International Management course at Babson College in Boston, USA.
In 1981 and 1982 he worked at Siemens AG, Germany, in the areas of distribution and hydroelectric generation. Until 1991, he led the implementation of Siemens’ major hydroelectric projects, such as the Itaipú and Xingó HPPs.
After experience in the areas of medium voltage and automation of electrical systems and sales of hydro generators in South America, he took over the leadership of Industrial Systems in Latin America at GE. Returning to Siemens after five years, he led the Energy Sector until he retired in 2012.
Since 2014 he has chaired the Association of the Energy Cogeneration Industry – COGEN.

Nicolás Casasfranco Jiménez

Former Colombian Commercial Consul in Brazil and Vice-President of CAMEBRA

Patricia Villegas de Jorge

Ambassador, Embassy of the Dominican Republic in the Federative Republic of Brazil

Paulo Castilho

Director, DATAGRO High Performance

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Paulo Garcia

President, Vital Corretora

Paulo Leal

President, Feplana

Graduated in Civil Engineering in 1975, owner of the “Paulo Sérgio de Marco Leal” Engineering Office

CEO of Cooperativa Regional Agrícola Mista de Cambará Ltda – COOPRAMIL from 1996 to 2016.

President of the Federation of Sugarcane Planters of Brazil – FEPLANA – 1st period 03/2010 to 03/2016 and 2nd period since 2021.

Vice President of the Cambará- Paraná Rural Union since 06/2014.

Provider of the Beneficent Association Casa de Misericórdia de Cambará since 2008.

Pedro Mizutani

Head of Sugar Trading Brazil, Czarnikow Group Limited

Head of Sugar Trading Brazil, Czarnikow, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Graduated in Naval Engineering from the Polytechnic School of USP.

Pedro Robério de Melo Nogueira

Vice President, COAGRO-CNI

Positions Held:

Director of PR Consultoria e Assessoria (a Planning, Consulting, and Business Advisory firm, particularly in the sugar and alcohol agroindustry sector)

President of the Sugar and Alcohol Industry Union of the State of Alagoas

Full Member of the Sectorial Chamber of the Sugar and Alcohol Production Chain at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply

Member of the Technical Committee of CIMA – Interministerial Council of Sugar and Alcohol

Director of the Sugar and Alcohol Affairs Department at the Secretariat for Regional Development of the Presidency of the Republic

Full Member of the Commission that reexamined the role of alcohol in the National Energy Matrix in 1990

Member of the Brazilian Delegation to the Sugar/Alcohol Commission of MERCOSUR – Montevideo – January to August 1993

Full Member of the Commission that reexamined the role of alcohol in the National Energy Matrix – MME – 1990/1993

Executive in companies in the sugar and alcohol sector

Plinio Nastari

President, DATAGRO

Dr. Nastari holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural Economics, from Iowa State University.
Phi Kappa Phi (1983), Gamma Sigma Delta (1983).

Was Professor of Economics at FGV – The Getúlio Vargas Foundation, in São Paulo, in undergraduate and graduate level courses (MBA, Masters and Doctoral programs) from 1984 to 2001.

Member of PAPSAC, the Private and Public, Scientific, Academic and Consumer Food Policy Group, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, MA, USA, since 2012.

Professor at the MBA in Agribusiness Joint Programme established between ESPM in São Paulo and Université de Nantes, France, since 2015.

Former Executive Director and President of the Board of the Brazilian Association of Automotive Engineers (AEA), from 2000 to 2002, during the 1980s he helped the design of ethanol specifications which enabled the use of ethanol in fuel injected engines.

He has served as member of the Technical Committees of Brazil’s Interministerial Council on Sugar and Alcohol, National Energy Commission, and Commission for Reexam of the Energy Matrix. He has assisted the Brazilian government in Energy Planning (1984-86 and 1991-93), industry deregulation (1997-1999), trade negotiations (1991-2004), and trade disputes.

Representative of the Civil Society Specialist in Energy at the National Council on Energy Policy, at the Federal Government of Brazil, designated for the period of 2016 to 2018, and reassigned until 2020.

With extensive experience in trade negotiations and trade disputes at the International Trade Commission and the World Trade Organization, Dr. Nastari has acted before the Brazilian Government as Chief Economist in the trade disputes involving ethanol exports to the United States (US ITC), and subsidized sugar exports from the European Union, European Union bananas import regime, and Brazilian regime for the import of used and retreaded tires (WTO).

He is Arbitrator at the “Camara FGV de Arbitragem” (Arbitration Chamber of the Getulio Vargas Foundation), and at “Camara de Conciliação e Arbitragem da Sociedade Rural Brasileira”) and has acted as Expert Testimony in many cases, at this Chamber and at ICC, the International Chamber of Commerce, in Paris.

Lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – Second Assessment Report (2AR), and Consultant for Biomass Energy other than Wood, to the World Energy Council.

Co-founder and Member of the Sustainable Biofuels Consensus (Bellagio Consensus), Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Bellagio, Italy, 2008, and Participant of the Bled Strategic Forum, since 2008 in Bled, Slovenia.
Dr. Nastari is Member of the World Sugar Committee, at ICE Futures (Intercontinental Exchange) in New York, where recommendations are made for improvements in contract rules and other matters related to the world trade of sugar.

Member of the Council on Infrastructure of ACSP – Commerce Association of São Paulo, in São Paulo, since 2012.
Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, National Laboratory for Science and Technology of Bioethanol, National Research Center on Energy and Materials, Brazil´s Ministry of Science, Technology, Inovation and Communication, Federative Republico f Brazil, since 2018.

President and CEO of DATAGRO Consulting Ltd., one of the world’s leading consulting company specialized in agricultural markets, serving clients in 41 countries, since 1984.

He leads a team of 97 collaborators at Datagro, housed in seven offices (Alphaville, Sao Paulo/Capital, Ribeirao Preto, Santos, Recife, Piracicaba, and New York), assisting a host of companies in market analysis, investments in production and logistics assets related to sugar, ethanol and other agrindustrial activities, in countries in the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Throughout the years, Dr. Nastari established a fruitful cooperation between Datagro and the International Sugar Organization (ISO), jointly organizing the prestigious Sugar & Ethanol Conference that precedes the Person of the Year Award (BrazilCham) and the New York Sugar Dinner for the last ten years. He was Chairman of the 19th ISO Annual Seminar in London.

Organizer of the Sugar & Ethanol Summit – Brazil Day, for five consecutive years in London, in cooperation with Brazil’s Ministry of External Relations. Organizer for seventeen consecutive years of the traditional Datagro International Conference in São Paulo that precedes the São Paulo Sugar Dinner, and the Datagro Ceise Br Fenasucro Conference in Sertãozinho, SP, the largest equipment fair for sugar & ethanol in the world. Organizer of the Global Agribusiness Forum, in partnership with the Brazilian Rural Society (SRB), ABRAMILHO (corn producers), ABCZ (cattle producers),Citrus BR (orange juice producers) and Forum Nacional Sucroenergetico (sugar & ethanol producers) a biannual venue which has the official support of the USDA, the European Commission, and the governments of France, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Israel, Turkey and Cuba.

Dr. Nastari is a frequent speaker at energy, biofuels and agribusiness conferences around the globe, with frequent attendance in London, Paris, Brussels, New York, Washington, Delhi, Bangkok, Tokyo, Barcelona, Kyoto, Johannesburg, Bled, Orlando, São Paulo, Singapore, Amsterdam and Dubai.

Honorary Citizen of the State of Nebraska, State Assembly of the State of Nebraska, USA (1998).
Honorary Citizen of the State of Pernambuco, State Assembly of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil (2016).
Scholarship President Ernesto Geisel, by the American Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (1978)

Prize Canassauro Rex (2002).

Keynote Speaker, New York Sugar Dinner 2013, New York, NY, USA (2013).

Prize Top Ethanol (2014), Unica, Union of the Sugar Cane Industry.

Prize Merit of Agroenergy (2018), UDOP, União dos Produtores de Bioenergia.

100 Most Influential in Energy, Full Energy (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).

Ethanol Man of the Year, Mastercana International (2019).

Keynote Speaker, Sugar & Ethanol Dinner Brazil 2019, Bienal Pavillion Sao Paulo (2019).

Grand Official of the Order of Merit of Anhanguera, State Government of Goiás, 2017.

Commander, Order of Rio Branco, Brazilian Government, 2018.

From his contribution to the development of biofuels in the US Dr. Nastari was awarded and recognized at the White House for his contribution to the development of biofuels use in aviation (2003).

Married to Rute, the couple has three children, Francisco Guilherme (36), Louise (34) and Luiz Felipe (33), and four grandchildren, Carolina (6), José (5), Anna Sophie (4) and Francisco Luiz (3).

Renato Pontes Cunha

President, Sindaçúcar-PE

Renato Pretti

President Director, CerradinhoBio

Rodrigo Ostanello

Americas Head of Sugar, ED&F Man Sugar Ltd.

I started my career in the trading market in 2006 – one of the first employees of the then Bauche Energy, I followed the company’s implementation and growth over the years, dedicated specifically to the bagged sugar market. Leaving the position of Statutory Director of Bauche, I joined Sucden do Brasil in 2011, accessing the bulk sugar market as responsible for product origination in Brazil. In 2015 I accepted the invitation from ED&F MAN to join the team in London – the international challenge was decisive at that time. After completing 1 year living in London, the company invited me to return to Brazil and take over the trading division as Country Manager of Brazil, where I stayed until 2021 when EDF MAN proposed the challenge of coordinating sugar operations in the Americas, including operations in Brazil, Central America and the United States.

Silvia Yokoyama

Director of Regulatory and Government Affairs, CTC

Silvia M Yokoyama has a degree in Food Engineering from Unicamp and a master’s degree in Agribusiness from FGV-Agro.

She actively participated in the introduction of agricultural biotechnology in Brazil, working for the last 20 years in companies such as Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences.

He is currently responsible for Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs at the CTC-Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira, having approved the first genetically modified canes to be commercialized in Brazil and globally.

Sílvio Rangel

President, FIEMT

Tainá Sipos

Leader of Sugarcane Portfolio and Cultivation in Brazil, Corteva Agriscience

Thiago Callegari L. Duarte

Head Equity Research, BTG Pactual

Thiago Duarte is a partner and senior equity research analyst at BTG Pactual. He covers Latin American companies in the Agribusiness and Food & Beverage sectors. His team has been awarded as the number one research team in Latin America and Brazil in Agribusiness and Food & Beverage for eight consecutive years (2017-2024) by the Institutional Investor ranking. Thiago Duarte joined BTG Pactual in 2009 after working as a securities analyst at Schroder Investment Management. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of São Paulo.

Vinícius Lopes

Sugarcane Commercial Manager, Koppert Biological Systems

Zé Vitor

Federal Deputy, President of the Parliamentary Front of Ethanol, Chamber of Deputies

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