Results-driven and globally minded leader with 30+ years of experience in the area of food, land and water systems. Robust experience as executive, board member and researcher. Led high performance teams as CEO, Executive Director of R&D, Head of R&D Department and Director General of Research Center. As President of Embrapa increased four times public – private partnerships within three years; managed 43 Research Centers; coordinated the implementation of ERP/SAP in the whole organization, among other relevant activities. Extensive international experience. Visited more than 40 countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania as keynote speaker, consultant and counterpart of R&D projects. In 2021 received the “Norman Borlaug Award” in the category “Sustainability”. In 2023 was recognized as one the top 100 leaders in Brazilian agribusiness. Board member of different institutions around the globe such as The International Center of Biosaline Agriculture (United Arab Emirates), the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition (United Kingdom) and the OpenAg Foundation (Switzerland).
