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Hugo Tadeu is a professor at Fundação Dom Cabral. He has worked on relevant innovation and productivity projects in large companies such as Petrobras, Braskem, Ypê, Embraer, Saint Gobain, TV Globo, Samarco, Ambev, Bradesco, Itaú, Mercedes Benz, Subsea 7, AGCO, CNH, Nexa Resources, J&J, IBM among others. Similarly, he brought results in projects for medium-sized companies in several Brazilian cities. He leads the National Innovation Reference Center and research on innovation, digital transformation and productivity by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. Innovation Expert at the World Economic Forum and member of the ISO innovation committee. Post-doctorate in Simulation and Decision Making from Sauder School of Business (Canada), PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais and executive training at Singularity University and MIT. Professor Hugo Tadeu works in the Professional Master's Degree, Executive MBA, Post-MBA, STC, PDE and in programs for large organizations. Technical leader of Open Programs in Digital Transformation, OpenLab and Digital Government. He is Visiting Professor at Sauder School of Business (Canada), ESCP (Paris) and Insper (São Paulo). Author of national and international articles, as well as books published in Brazil, United States, Europe and China. He has been a writer in several newspapers such as Brasil Econômico, Estado de Minas, O Tempo, NewsComex and Instituto Millenium. He has received important awards in recent years, such as the best book of the Bienal do Livro in São Paulo and highlighted professional by the Regional Board of Directors of Minas Gerais. Prior to working at FDC he was professor at the João Pinheiro Foundation, PUC Minas, FGV, Anima Educação and founded two education startups. Topics of interest: innovation, digital transformation and productivity.

Professor and researcher at Fundação Dom Cabral in the areas of Logistics, Value Chain, Supply Chain and Transportation Planning. He is Director of the Logistics, Supply Chain and Infrastructure Center, General Coordinator of the Infrastructure Platform in Transport Logistics of FDC, Editor-in-Chief of DOM Magazine and Columnist of Logistics and Infrastructure of Broadcast, content platform of the Agência Estado. Paulo holds a PhD in Transportation Planning and Logistics from the University of Illinois (USA) and a Master's degree in Transportation Planning and Engineering from Memphis State University (USA), an expert in statistics and urban planning from the University of Illinois (USA). He is a member of the Supply Chain Council (USA) and Capacity Committee Member, Transportation Research Board (USA) and author of books in the areas of logistics, transportation, value chain, supply chain management, sales and distribution channels.

Aldemir Drummond Junior holds a PhD in Business Administration from the University of Cambridge, England and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He was Executive Director of Executive Development, Teachers and Education of Fundação Dom Cabral - FDC from 2016 to 2020. Professor of Strategy and Organizations at FDC, working in the following areas: competitive strategy, implementation of strategies, strategies of multinational companies, strategies in emerging economies. At FDC, he served as a coordinating professor at the FDC's International Strategy and Business Center, technical coordinator of the Strategy & Execution program, and coordinated the BRICs on BRICs program. In customized programs, he has worked with senior executives of companies such as ABB, Arcelor Mittal, British American Tobacco, Bosch, Bunge, EADS, Embraer, Halma, NEC, Novartis, Pirelli, Syngenta, Vale, Votorantim and VW. Aldemir was Director of People (2001 - 2004) and Coordinator of the Executive MBA (1998 - 2001), at FDC.

Heiko Spitzeck is a professor in sustainability and Manager of FDC’s Sustainability Center. Heiko holds a PhD in Business Ethics from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Bamberg (Germany). Prof. Spitzeck is a member of the Brazilian Global Compact Committee and advisor to the Collective Platform – a social investment initiative of Coca-Cola Brazil. He was an assistant professor at Cranfield University's School of Management – Doughty Center for Corporate Responsibility (England), a visiting researcher at the University of California at Berkeley (USA) and Fordham University (USA), a researcher at the Institute of Business Ethics at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). Prof. Spitzeck works in graduate programs, customized, partnerships and open at FDC. As a professor he worked in programs in companies such as BASF, BNDES, Sicredi, Coca Cola, Tecnisa, Michelin, Queiroz Galvão, BB Mapfre, Zurich, Camargo Corrêa, Nestlé, Siemens, Fidens, André Maggi Group, among others. He was a consultant in the areas of corporate responsibility and sustainability at Tripos Consulting (UK), director of international affairs and president of The St. Gallen Section at oikos International (Switzerland), communications and high technology consultant at Accenture (Germany) and co-founder, responsible for business planning, quality manager and IT consultant at I-masco GmbH (Germany). He is the author of books and articles focused on Sustainability.