Luiz Sorge | President

Luiz has a degree in Engineering with a post-graduate degree in Business Management by the Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation, and also in the Continued Education in Economic Scenarios Program from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-SP). With 20 years of experience in Asset Management Industries, he joined the BNP Paribas Group in 2001, where he currently is CEO of BNP Paribas Asset Management Brasil. He previously worked at HSBC bank and at CCF. He is the vice-president of ANBIMA – Associação Brasileira das Entidades dos Mercados Financeiro e de Capitais (Brazilian Association of Financial and Capital Market Entities), president of the IDIS Council, and member of the BancoEstado S.A Administradora General de Fondos (BEAGF) – Chile Council. Furthermore, Luiz Sorge has a CFP® certificate.

Maria José De Mula Cury | Vice-president

Maria is a partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. She has a degree in Accounting and Economy by PUC-SP. She has also graduated from the International Corporate Governance and Capital Market for Executives Program – BI International. She has over 28 years of experience in external auditing and consultancy in the Brazilian financial market, involving revisions of financial statements prepared in accordance to accounting practices adopted in Brazil, as well as international rules, such as the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). She is responsible for various revisions of internal controls, corporate governance processes, revision and restructure of internal control processes and due diligence works. She is a member of the IBEF – Instituto Brasileiro de Economia e Finanças (Brazilian Institute of Economy and Finance) and of ABBI – Associação Brasileira de Bancos Internacionais (Brazilian Association of International Banks).

Alex Pinheiro

Alex is the Executive Director of Educational Technology and Digital Transformation for “Somos Educação”. He is also the co-founder and CEO of EDUMOBI – creator of the educational platform PLURALL. He was co-founder and director of Motrix Mobile and partner-director of HANDS MOBILE S.A. He received the 20th Global Mobile Awards – Best Innovation for Education and Learning from GSMA. Alex majored in Engineering at PUC-Rio. He is a volunteer in some organizations in Rio de Janeiro that specialize in mental health during infancy and adolescence.

Françoise Trapenard

Françoise is graduated in Business Administration from FEA-USP, with a post-graduation in Management from ESSEC (France) and a Master’s degree in Philosophy from Université de Paris IV (Sorbonne – France). She worked in the Human Resources field for over 20 years and concluded her executive career as the head of social investment in a large corporation. Currently, she serves as an advisor for several civil society organizations, in addition to volunteering in social projects.

Marcel Fukayama

Marcel is a businessman of impact, cancer survivor and builder of cathedrals. He has been involved in different initiatives in the new economy. Co-founder of Din4mo, with goals of training businesspeople that solve social problems and of developing innovative structures that direct capital to low income families and social companies. Co-founder of Sistema B Brasil, to strengthen the B Corp community and redefine success in business. He is currently the Executive Director of Sistema B International. Master in Business Management, MBA and Masters in Public Administration by the London School of Economics. He is committed to working with social society and with policy formulators, to inspire innovation and new public policies. He was campaign manager to Marina Silva and Eduardo Jorge (REDE/PV) in the presidency run in 2018. Previously, he was pioneer in creating one of the first cybercafes in Brazil at the age of 17, and acted as CEO of CDI Global, working with a network in 15 countries to use technology for social change.

Marcos Kisil

Marcos is a founder, member of the Council and Senior Analyst at IDIS. He previously acted as Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, being responsible for the program and strategical development of the foundation. He is a doctor with a degree from the Medical Department of University of São Paulo, and dedicated himself to the management field, having a doctorate in Business Management from the George Washington University, Washington D.C – USA with a scholarship from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. He was also a consultant of the Pan-American Health Organization. He currently exercises academic activities as a tenured professor at the University of São Paulo, Public Health Department, and is a member of SAVE Brasil – an affiliate of Bird Life International, MacDonald Institute, IDEAH Foundation and of the Jewish Museum of São Paulo. He was founder and president of the Council at GIFE – Grupo de Instituto, Fundações e Empresas (Institute, Foundation and Business Group), and founder and member of the WINGS – Worldwide Inititative in Grantmaking Support Council. Superintendent Director at the WCF/Brasil Institute and of the Maria Cecília Souto Vidigal Foundation. Marcos Kisil is a senior fellow of Synergod and of Beltsmann, and a member of the editorial council of Alliance Magazine. Author of many books, among which “Comunidade: Foco de Filantropia” (Community: Philanthropy Focal Point) and “Investimento Social Privado e Tendências do Investimento Social na América Latina” (Private Social Investment and Social Investment Tendencies in Latin America). He is also the author of many articles in national and international publications on philanthropy and social investment.

Raul Cruz Lima

Raul is a Director at RCL Communication, which offers consultancy in communications and marketing. He works in political campaigns. He is also a part of the Deliberative Councils of IDIS and of the Vladmir Herzog Institute. He has been a journalist (Veja Magazine, Estadão) and has also worked in advertisement (salles, Lintas, JWT, Denison). He has always worked for big companies, national and international. He was an editor, Creation Director, Vice-President and then partner and President of Denison Advertising (sold to WPP). He has won over 400 awards nationally and abroad. He was president of the São Paulo Creation Club. He works in political campaigns (Montoro governor of São Paulo 1982, in favor of presidentialism in the 1993 Plebiscite, Alkmin mayor of São Paulo 2008, Beto Richa governor of Paraná 2014). Also, he has worked for the voluntary sector in the creation of campaigns such as Juréia (São Paulo, 1988), Declaration of Rights of Future Generations (for Jacques Cousteau, during the celebration of 50 years of the UN, in 1995) and, more recently, “Forests make a difference” (against the Brazilian Forest Code, for over 50 civil society entities).

Selma Moreira

Selma is Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at J.P. Morgan, a global company leader in financial services. Previously, she was Executive Director at Baobá – a fund for racial equality, the first and only fund dedicated exclusively to promoting racial equity for the black population in Brazil. She has also worked as Manager of Social Responsibility at the Walmart Institute, as Sustainability Manager at Alphaville Foundation, and as Project Manager at the Technological Incubator of Popular Cooperatives of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (ITCP-FGV). She is a member of the Advisory Council of the Coca-Cola Institute Brazil and of the Assembly General of Greenpeace Brazil. She has a degree in Business Management by the Osasco Technological Institute Foundation, a postgraduate degree in Strategic Management in Organizational Communication and Public Relations by the Communication and Arts Department at USP, and an MBA in Social Business Management by FIA. During the last few years, her focus has been to deepen academic knowledge on black history.

Cláudio Sertório | President

Cláudio is a Member Partner of the following committees at KPMG Brazil: Executive Committee; Operational Committee; Financial Committees; Tax Committee; Risk Committee; IT Committee; Data Privacy Committee; Innovation Committee; ESG Committee; Chair of the Partners’ Remuneration Committee, and Member of the Deliberative Council of KPMG Prev. He holds degrees in Economics (1994) and Accounting Sciences (1999), both from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC. Cláudio Sertório is a Certified Counselor by the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC), class 100. He is also a Coordinator and member of the Banking Working Group – GT1 – at the Brazilian Institute of Accountants (IBRACON), and an accounting instructor at the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC).

Carlos Eduardo Lessa Brandão

Carlos is a partner at JFLB since 2005 and dedicates himself to consultancy, executive education and participation in councils of companies, both private and public. He has worked as CFO and Executive Director in Business Development and M&A in IT, payment forms, telecommunications, electronic trade and GIS. He is a member of Council at IBGC and of the Standards Advisory Council at B Lab (USA). He was a member of the Council of the Ethos Institute, of the Stakeholders Council at GRI (Netherlands) and of the Consultancy Council of RAPS. Civil Engineer, Master of Science in Energy Planning and Doctor of Science in History and Philosophy, with an Executive MBA in Finance and Executive Education from the London Business School, Harvard, IMD, Chicago University, York University and Cambridge and ICGN. Resource administrator of third parties for CVM and management counsellor certified by IBGC (CCA+).

Guilherme Amorim Campos da Silva

Guilherme is currently a postdoctoral researcher in Economic and Financial Law at the University of São Paulo, he holds a Ph.D. in Constitutional Law, a Master’s degree in State Law, and a Bachelor’s degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. With over 25 years of experience as a university professor, he guides Master’s and Ph.D. theses on topics related to access to justice, business, and sustainability.

He is currently a member of the Constitutional Law Committee and the Special Committee on Notarial Law and Public Registers at OAB/SP (São Paulo State Bar Association). He is also part of the Working Group on the Secular State at the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC). Additionally, he serves as a board member of the Gol de Letra Foundation and the Padre Anchieta Foundation/TV Cultura.