Meet some of our speakers, including important people of the sustainability and technology environment talking about the future with zero carbon.
Saudi Arabia Minister of Sports
Founder & CEO
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Graduated from Stanford Graduate School of Business, with long history in the food and agriculture industries, which resulted in concentration of investments in the sectors of food and agro-technology.
For 15 years, he has been engaged in innovative businesses and technology-based startups. Having already implemented sales engines, in the digital age, in dozens of companies, based on a strategic vision. As CEO and executive director of Energy Future, he develops solutions to foster the national innovation ecosystem in the electricity sector.
HEAD COMMERCIAL AT ZERO SUMMIT
CEO - Diretor Presidente na SLC Agricola S.A.
Kingdom’s assistance Minister of Sports Affair
ABB LEAD BUSINESS MANAGER
Chief Championship Officer
Businessman and visionary. Founder and President of Formula E and Founder and CEO of Extreme E.
WEC & FORMULA-E
Sustainable Aviation Expert
CEO Swiss RE Corporate Solutions
BOARD CHAIRMAN PORTO SEGURO
CEO Advanta Seeds
JORNALISTA, PILOTO E DIRETOR NA TSO BRASIL
PARTNER & DIRECTOR |LINK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
One of the most renowned climatologists in the country and one of the most famous Brazilian scientists worldwide. With a degree in Electronic Engineering from ITA in 1974 and a PhD in Meteorology from MIT in January 1983. He was a researcher at INPA and INPE. He was Scientific Advisor to the UN Panel on Global Sustainability. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, the Global Academy of Sciences and a foreign member of the US Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of Great Britain.
Zero Summit Co-Founder e Global Board da UPL LTD entre outras empresas e dedicado a projetos de impacto sobre as questões das mudanças climáticas como a Vidavo Ventures
CHEFE DE ASSUNTOS EXTERNOS E RELAÇÕES INSTITUCIONAIS AMÉRICA LATINA | BLOOMBERG
Ms. Figueres is an internationally recognized leader in global climate change. she is a distinguished member of Conservation International and leader of Mission 2020. She was the United Nations Executive Secretary on Climate Change from 2010 to 2016, and participated in the negotiation of the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol.
Head de Investimentos
Managing Director Vidavo
CEO BE MAS MEDIA
Nabih has spent over 30 years building on a long record of accomplishment of equipment's/production lines as well as business development in the semiconductor and photovoltaic industries. Prior to joining Desert Technologies, Nabih was CEO of EmpowerSun
NÚCLEO DE AGRONEGÓCIOS | FGV EESP
Head of Regional Energy Transitions at BloombergNE
PARTNER & CSO STARTSE
Graduated in Law with experience as a practical lawyer in Law Tax and Corporate. In recent years, he served as relationship manager in the sector of financial services.
DIRETOR PRESIDENTE COOPERCITRUS
MANAGING DIRECTOR, HEAD OF SUSTAINABLE & IMPACT FINANCE STRATEGY GROUP | BLOOMBERG
SECRETÁRIO EXECUTIVO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SOCIAL DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO
Sou um empreendedor brasileiro, filho de pescador, que desde cedo demonstrou interesse por eletrônica. Com apenas 15 anos, fiz meu primeiro curso na área , aos 18 anos, iniciei minha carreira como projetista trabalhando em projetos para a IBM. Com determinação e habilidades, conquistei destaque no mercado de tecnologia. Atualmente, sou CEO da Pacto Mobility, uma empresa focada em soluções de mobilidade inteligente, além de cofundador da Tecview IoT. Tenho uma vasta experiência em grandes empresas como ZF do Brasil, GE e Duratex. Minha formação inclui um MBA em Gestão Empresarial pela FGV e uma graduação em Gestão Financeira. Tenho a honra de possuir um amplo conhecimento em diversas áreas da tecnologia, que incluem administração de bancos de dados, desenvolvimento de software em diferentes linguagens de programação, inteligência artificial, gestão de projetos e outras habilidades relevantes para o setor de tecnologia. Minha experiência diversificada me permite compreender com eficácia as necessidades de negócio e identificar soluções técnicas para atingir as metas da empresa. Estou constantemente atualizado com as novas tendências e tecnologias emergentes, de forma a garantir a permanência na vanguarda da inovação e em posição competitiva. A combinação de experiência com conhecimento atualizado, me dão a habilidade de tomar decisões estratégicas que melhor se alinhem com os objetivos da organização.
Head of Enel X Brazil since February 2020. In 2018 he started working for the group as the company's national manager in Uruguay and Argentina. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the Catholic University of Argentina and a MBA in the same area from the Universidad Torcuato di Tella (Argentina). During his professional career he worked in corporations such as IBM, Verizon and BT Global Services, establishing a vast experience in the fields of sales, marketing and technology.
CEO Rabobank
CEO Selvitas
Civil Engineer from the University of São Paulo (USP), with an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and specializations from FGV and Fundação Dom Cabral. Before UNICOBA, Fernandes worked at A&M, being responsible for dozens of projects focused on raising capital and structuring companies. The executive was also CFO of a mining company, in addition to having worked in the treasury of AMBEV, Fram Capital, Votorantim Asset Management and Banco Santander.
Master in Energy and Environmental Policy from the University of Chicago, with a full scholarship from the Obama Foundation (2020), he has a BSc. in Business Administration from FGV and Executive Education from Harvard Kennedy School.
Largest reference in financial education in Brazil, consultant, teacher, speaker and author of 16 books with over 2.5 million of copies sold.
SPTURIS President
CEO Banco BV
WEG Solar Energy Sales Manager
President of Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation
RED SEA GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF FUTURE MOBILITY
Managing Director and Team Principal at McLaren Electric Racing
He attended the University of Mumbai, where he majored in chemistry, since then it has focused on the objective of developing products sustainable and affordable for the international agricultural community as CEO of UPL Limited.
James Ellis is Head of Latin America Research for BloombergNEF (BNEF). He oversees an analyst team focused on research and analysis into clean energy, advanced transport, digital industry, innovative materials and commodities across the region. James holds an M.P.A. from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs and a B.A. magna cum laude from New York University.
Jon has been at BloombergNEF for over a decade. Jon has been the Chief Executive Officer since 2014, after joining the company in 2008 as Commercial Director. BloombergNEF is a leading provider of strategic research and economic analysis for Corporations, Governments and Financial Institutions, helping them transition to a decarbonized future. Prior to BloombergNEF, Jon has over 20 years’ experience of providing consulting advisory services to the global financial services industry, serving clients across the US, Europe and Asia. Jon started his career at J P Morgan in their Commodities business. Jon has a B Eng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering from Nottingham University.
CO-FOUNDER PERFIN INVESTIMENTOS
Sustainability Director at Formula E, Sustainability Advisor at Extreme E and President of Sport and International Sustainability (SandSI), an international association of sustainability experts that works to expand and harmonize the international sport and sustainability movement. Main area of research focuses on Business and Sustainability, Change Management and Project Management, especially in motorsport.
is a leading expert on the energy transition. He is the Global Head of Industrial Decarbonization for BloombergNEF, an independent research house specialising in the future of energy. He oversees the firm’s work on industry and the built environment, which includes hydrogen, clean fuels, bioenergy, carbon capture and storage, advanced materials, 3D printing, the circular economy, heating, cooling, building electrification, and the production of green steel, cement, aluminium and plastics. Kobad was previously BNEF’s Global Head of Special Projects, and lead author of the Hydrogen Economy Outlook. Prior to that, he was BNEF’s Head of Australia and Head of Asia-Pacific Economics and Policy. He has authored over 100 publications spanning energy policy, economics, finance and technology since joining the company in 2010. Kobad is also a Non-Executive Director of the Carbon Market Institute, an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the faculty of Engineering at the University of New South Wales and a member of the Australian Government’s Energy Industry Roundtable. He has worked in the energy and finance industries since 2003 as an engineer, management consultant and analyst, and has a first class honours degree in Mechatronic Engineering from the University of New South Wales.
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS MASERATI MSG RACING
Entrepreneur and businessman, also the most successful Brazilian pilot in the decade, collects victories, titles and international public recognition. He is the biggest name in the history of the Formula E World Championship.
GERENTE DE VEICULOS ELÉTRICOS PEUGEOT
Luís Felli is Senior Vice President, General Manager, Massey Ferguson. In this role, Mr. Felli is responsible for growing and strengthening this historic global brand. Mr. Felli is an Agronomist Engineer graduated from Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture – University of São Paulo, Brasil (ESALQ USP, SP, Brasil), and has an MBA from Columbia University in New York.
CIENTISTA POLÍTICO | CENTRO DE LIDERANÇA PÚBLICA
Luiza Demôro is the global Head of Energy Transitions at BloombergNEF (BNEF), Bloomberg's strategic research provider covering global commodity markets and the disruptive technologies driving the transition to a low-carbon economy. Luiza coordinates BNEF’s research and initiatives in several strategic areas globally. As governments and corporations make unprecedented, long-term pledges to decarbonize, BNEF’s energy transition specialists assess national commitments, and research strategies and policy priorities for the transition of key sectors of the economy. The group’s larger mission is to help stakeholders in the race to zero make better informed plans for the transition.
GERENTE DE CLIMA | REDE BRASIL PACTO GLOBAL ONU
AMERICAS EMOBILITY ENERGY LEADER ERNEST & YOUNG
Marcelo Vilela, 51 years old, married, Marcela's father, was born in São Paulo and holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of São Paulo, a postgraduate degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado and a Master's in Political Economy from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. Paul. With 30 years of professional experience at ABB, he is currently responsible for the Electrification organization at ABB Brasil as Electrification Commercial Vice President and also Local Marketing & Sales for the Smart Power and Smart Building Divisions (new.abb.com/br).
CEO & MANAGING DIRECTOR AT ZERO SUMMIT
FIA PRESIDENT
Marta Giannichi é bióloga formada pela Universidade Mackenzie, mestre em Biodiversidade e Conservação e doutora em Mecanismos de Mercado para a Conservação de Florestas Tropicais pela Universidade de Leeds - Inglaterra. É executiva de operações da MyCarbon. Atuou como assessora de CEO do BNDES para assuntos de clima e é ex-Secretária Nacional da Amazônia e Serviços Ambientais do Ministério do Meio Ambiente.
ANALYST SOUTH AMERICA | BLOOMBERG NEF
Nicola Cotugno has been Enel's Country Manager in Brazil since October 2018. Born in Rome, Italy, the executive holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Rome and a specialization in business from the INSEAD Business School in Fontainebleau (Paris) and MIT (Boston). Cotugno joined the Enel Group in 1991, in the Generation area and held a series of leadership positions until 2000, when he moved to the Energy Management area. He was then responsible for Energy Management in Viesgo (Spain) and at Slovenske Elektrarne (SK), where he also assumed responsibility for the generation area between 2013 and 2014. With 30 years of experience in the electricity sector, he has worked for the last 16 years as an expatriate in European and Latin American countries. The executive was Country Manager of Slovenske Elektrarne - subsidiary of the Enel Group in Slovakia - from 2015 to 2016 and Country Manager of Enel Chile (2016-2018).
Nico Rosberg became Formula 1 World Champion in 2016 with Mercedes AMG Petronas and has since embarked on a career as a sustainability entrepreneur and investor in green technologies.
Patrícia Genelhú é Head de Investimentos Sustentáveis e de Impacto no BTG Pactual, graduada em Ciências Econômicas pela UFRJ e associada do IFL-SP.
Electrical Engineer from PUC-Rio with a Masters in Business Administration and 2 MBA in Energy Management and Management. Paulo is currently the Head of Enel X Way Brazil. He has more than 20 years of experience in the Enel Group and has worked in Transmission, Generation and Innovation for the Enel Group
aulo Miguel is chief investment officer and Member of the Executive Committee at Julius Baer Family Office in Brazil since 2015. He holds a Master's in Economics from FEA-USP and an MBA from INSEAD.
CEO FS ENERGIA
PRESIDENTE URBIA PARQUES & CONSTRUCAP
VP DE COMPRAS E SUSTENTABILIDADE AMBEV AMÉRICA DO SUL
CARBON FARMING STRATEGY | BASF
Engenheiro Civil - PUC-GO e especialista em Gerenciamento de Projetos pela FGV, em Geração Hidrelétrica pela PAPUC – Pennsylvania Public Utility Comission, em Geração Eólica pelo Instituto DEWI, em Comercialização de Energia pela Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie e atualmente cursa o OPM Owner/President Management Program na Universidade de Harvard.
UPL CARBON AND FOOD VALUE CHAIN MANAGER
PRESIDENTE
VP AGRONEGÓCIOS | BUNGE
CEO Origeo
Secretary General, Executive Director chez Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco
CEO URBIA PARQUES
FORMULA E RESERVE DRIVER & AMBASSOR | JULIUS BAER
CEO Brasil Regus & Spaces, Audi's Sustainable Mobility Ambassador of the Brazil, Main host of In.talks and Ancora at Forbes Live.
FOUNDER ZAPGPT
Verena Paccola is a medical student at the University of São Paulo (USP) and a researcher in the field of neuroscience. In 2020, it detected more than 25 asteroids for the International Astronomical Search Collaboration, a NASA partner project, being awarded the Medal of Honor for Merit from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations (MCTI). Among other things, Verena is trained as a nursing technician and represented Brazil at the 2019 UN Youth Assembly. Her most recent achievement was making the FORBES Under 30 list in the Science and Education category for her work that seeks to use her representation to inspire a new generation of girls in science.