Mauro Cunha: Governance and Board Experience from Brazil.
Mauro Cunha is one of the top corporate governance voices in Latin America, currently serving as a director of Embraer, AES Brasil, Klabin and Hypera. He has also served on the boards of some of the most important companies in Brazil - including Vale, Petrobras, Eletrobras, among others. He has led two of the leading corporate governance institutions in Brazil - Chairman of IBGC and CEO of AMEC. Under his leadership, AMEC launched the Brazilian Stewardship Code. As a fund manager, he worked for several institutions. In this podcast, we talk about governance in Brazil and his experience on the boards of Petrobras and Vale. We cover the Lava Jato corruption scandal and its backlash, and the greenwashing claims against Vale. We also discuss ESG and its backlash in the US, his board assignment with Embraer, and the new geopolitical landscape with US-China tensions and where Brazil fits in this environment. We finally address board education, the role of independent directors and the question of single-issue directors. If you like this show, please consider subscribing, leaving a review or sharing this podcast on social media. You can also contribute as a Patron on the link patreon.com/BoardroomGovernancePod or you can subscribe to the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at evanepstein.substack.com This podcast is sponsored by the American College of Governance Counsel.