
Emerson de Almeida
Co-Founder and Chair of the 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.
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.
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.
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
Weber Ferreira Porto
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.
Full Members
Alceu Queiroz
Breno de Campos
Sérgio Pires
Alternate Members
Glac Coura
Kleber Silva Leite Pinto
Ricardo Pimenta
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.
Ajit Singh
Ana Dutra
Benjamin Akande
Bernardo Vargas Gibsone
Bing Xiang
Carlos Camargo de Colón
Daniel LeClair
Dasho Tshering Tobgay
Dipak Jain
Ernst Bergen
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