Valeria Café: Leading Governance Innovation in Brazil as IBGC CEO

(0:00) Intro. (1:20) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (2:06) Start of interview.  (3:20) Valeria's origin story. (6:14) On joining IBGC, its mission and focus: governance training, research, and regulatory work with CVM, B3, Congress, etc. (9:03) On the 25th IBGC Annual Summit. (11:11) On the state of ESG in Brazil. (15:15) On boardroom diversity in Brazil (20% female representation in public companies). (17:40) Geopolitics, and where Brazil stands between the U.S. and China. (20:56) Innovation and AI in Brazil. (24:44) On compliance and anti-corruption measures by boards in Brazil (post Lava Jato). (29:17) On the future of corporate governance in Brazil and her vision for IBGC. (32:52) The importance of board education and constant learning. On the issue of overboarding (new rule from Novo Mercado). (35:53) Books that have greatly influenced her life:Feliz ano velho. By Marcelo Rubens Paiva (1982)Theory U. By Otto Scharmer (2007) The Moment of Lift. By Melinda Gates (2019) (36:54) Her mentors. Her Dad.Pedro MeloVicky Bloch. (37:32) Quotes that she thinks of often or lives her life by. (38:00) An unusual habit or absurd thing that he loves. (38:32) The person she most admires. Valeria Cafe is CEO of IBGC, the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance. You can follow Evan on social media at: X: @evanepstein LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/  Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/ __ To support this podcast you can join as a subscriber of the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at https://evanepstein.substack.com/ __ Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License