Vice President of Studies and “Nelson and David Rockefeller” Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations
Tuesday October 29 | 15:30HS
Economist
He is Brazil’s most influential economist and one of the top 100 most influential people in the country according to Forbes magazine.
He is the most important latin american influencer on linkedin and the #1 top voice influencer on LinkedIn in Brazil.
He is the only brazilian included among the world’s best speakers by Speaker’s Corner.
Winner of “the most admired” award from the brazilian press in economics, business, and finance for 6 consecutive years.
Winner of 10 IBEST awards for best content in brazil on the categories of “opinion and citizenship”, LinkedIn influencer”, and “economics and business”.
He has been honored as a commander of the brazilian agribusiness.
Journalist specialized in international affairs
Carolina Amoroso is a host and journalist specialized in international affairs. She hosts the shows “TN Internacional” and “Está Pasando” on “Todo Noticias”, which are prominent daily news shows on the channel. In the past, she co-hosted “Bella y Bestia” alongside Nicolás Wiñazki and was a columnist on the show “Desde el Llano” with Joaquín Morales Solá. Furthermore, she took the reins of “TN Central.” Additionally, in both 2020 and 2021, she took on the role of hosting both seasons of the documentary series “Argentina Penélope.”
In addition to her hosting duties, she also produces reports and special coverage. She worked as a war correspondent in Ukraine, having made three visits since the onset of the large-scale Russian invasion. She also traveled to the Darién jungle, situated on the border between Panama and Colombia, to cover the most dangerous migration route in the continent. She assumed the role of a special envoy during recent elections in both Chile and Brazil. In 2019, she covered Evo Morales’ departure from power in Bolivia. Throughout these years, a substantial portion of her journalistic endeavors has been focused on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. In 2019, she was present at the Colombian-Venezuelan border during the unsuccessful attempt to deliver humanitarian aid. In 2020, she published the book “Llorarás: historias del éxodo venezolano,” which compiles testimonials from those who had to escape their country.
In 2022, her work was acknowledged with a Martín Fierro award nomination in the category for Best Female Hosting for “TN Central.” Additionally, for the documentary “Darien, la odisea de los migrantes,” both she and the production team were honored with the Fopea award in the “In-depth Journalism” category. This same project was recognized as being pertinent to the field of Social Communication by the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires and was recently bestowed with three Telly Awards. Also in 2022, Carolina, in collaboration with Juan Meiriño, published the book “Hackear la Argentina. La esperanza del boom tecnológico.”
Chief Executive Officer Toyota Latin America & the Caribbean
With 31 years of history in Toyota, in March 2024, Rafael assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Toyota Latin American and the Caribbean, with the mission of leading the region under the TLAC One Team concept in a period of accelerated transformation of the automotive industry, which includes the company shifting toward a “mobility company”.
Previously, between 2017 and 2024, Rafael was president of Toyota do Brasil (TDB). Under his leadership, the company invested US$ 1.1 billion in new technologies, new models, and production capacity increase. This includes the development of the pioneer hybrid flex technology, which allowed the company to expand its electrified vehicles sales leadership in the country.
Besides, during this period the company started exporting to 22 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, becoming the export leader among the automakers in Brazil.
In 2015, he served as Manufacturing Executive Vice President of Toyota Venezuela and, after a year, became President of the unit, position which he held concurrently with TDB presidency until 2024.
Earlier, between 2011 and 2015, he was responsible for the general management of the Sales and Marketing department of the Latin America and Caribbean division at Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), in Japan.
Between 1993 and 2005, Rafael carried out his duties at Toyota del Perú (TDP), where he started his career in the Sales department in 1993. In 1996, he did an internship at Toyota Motor Corporation, in the Latin American and Caribbean division. Upon his return to Peru in 1997, he took over the marketing management and subsequently also assumed the sales area. In 2005, he was appointed Executive Director of Toyota of Peru, position in which he continued until 2011.
Rafael focuses his management on people, challenging teams to think and execute with an innovative approach, based on Toyota Way, the company’s values code.
Member of the ArcelorMittal Group Executive Committee, he has been working in the steel industry for over 36 years. He has been with the group since 1991, having held various executive positions in Brazil, Argentina, the Americas and Europe.
As an outsider to the ArcelorMittal group, Jefferson is currently vice-president of the board and member of the strategic council of the Associação das Indústrias do Estado de Minas Gerais (FIEMG), president of the board of directors of Instituto Aço Brasil and member of the executive council of Associação Latino-Brasil. American Steel (ALACERO).
Jefferson holds a degree in metallurgical engineering from Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil), and has executive training at business schools such as Fundação Dom Cabral (Brazil), Universidad Austral – IAE School of Business (Argentina), Insead (France) and Kellog School of Management, Northwestern University (USA).
Ferrous Integrated Value Chain Director at Vale
Since August 2017, Vagner Loyola has been in charge of Vale’s global Ferrous integrated value chain. He oversees the integrated planning and management of the production chain from mine to distribution, including product portfolio, product quality control, shipping operations and product blending and distribution operations at Vale’s global distribution centers. Vagner graduated in Industrial Chemistry from the Pontífica Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro in 1990 and began his career with Vale in 1992 as a trainee at the Carajás mine. With a 15-year tenure in Vale’s Northern System at both the Carajás Mine and the PDM Port, he has accumulated 32 years of experience in the iron ore mining business, with extensive experience in production planning, quality control, product development, processing, technical marketing and strategic planning. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Vagner is married with two children and enjoys balancing his professional and personal life.
Principal researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon
Andrés Malamud is a senior researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Graduated in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires, he obtained his doctorate at the European University Institute (Florence). He has been a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute (Heidelberg) and at the University of Maryland (College Park).
His research interests span democratic institutions, foreign policy and regional integration processes. His geographic areas of specialization are Europe and Latin America. He is the author of the book The Oldest Trade in the World. Secrets, lies and beauty of politics, his academic works have been published in more than twenty countries.
Malamud has carried out consulting tasks for the Inter-American Dialogue, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and the European Parliament. She has been a member of the executive committee of the Latin American Association of Political Science (ALACIP) and the Portuguese Association of Political Science (APCP). His opinion columns are published in newspapers in several Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal.
Vice President of Studies and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations
Shannon K. O’Neil is the Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is an expert on global trade, supply chains, industrial policy, and Latin America, and has taught at Harvard and Columbia Universities. O’Neil has lived and worked in Mexico and Argentina, where her career began in emerging markets finance before turning to policy. She is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and an author of two books: The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter and Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead. She is a Senior Advisor for Macro Advisory Partners, a geopolitical risk consulting firm.
