Governance Structure | Fundação Dom Cabral Boards and Councils

Board and councils

Statutory Board

The Statutory Board upholds FDC's highest standards of institutional governance — ensuring strategic continuity, guiding succession, and safeguarding the institution's long-term mission.

Emerson de Almeida
Co-Founder and Chair of the Statutory Board
Cláudia Botelho
Statutory Board Member

Executive Board

Led by the Dean and five Vice Deans, the Executive Board shapes how FDC's vision comes to life — setting strategic priorities, steering operations, and building the institutional capacity to deliver transformative impact.

Antonio Batista da Silva Junior
Dean

Board of Trustees

This is the highest decisionmaking body of Fundação Dom Cabral. Its primary responsibility is to ensure the institution’s longevity and safeguard its values and purpose, thereby guaranteeing the fulfillment of its mission. It is composed of up to 15 members.

Trustees:

Mozart Pereira dos Santos (presidente)
Paulo de Tarso Almeida Paiva (vice-presidente)
Angela Gutierrez
Gilmar Dias dos Santos
Gustavo Araújo Penna
Henrique Moraes Salvador Silva
Janete Ana Ribeiro Vaz
Luiz Henrique Souza Lima de Vasconcellos
Maria Elizabeth Rezende Fernandes
Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili
Pedro Luiz Barreiros Passos
Rubens Menin Teixeira De Souza
Subramanian Rangan
Wagner Furtado Veloso

Fiscal Council

This body is responsible for reviewing the institution’s financial statements and issuing reports to the Board of Trustees. It is composed of three full members and three alternate members.

Members of the Fiscal Council:

Full Members

Alceu Queiroz
Breno de Campos
Sérgio Pires

Alternate Members

Glac Coura
Kleber Silva Leite Pinto
Ricardo Pimenta

International Advisory Council

Established in 2009, the International Advisory Council of Fundação Dom Cabral is composed of 49 leaders from the corporate, academic, public and nongovernmental sectors. Its members share a common interest in Brazil and in the role of education in driving positive societal change.