(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: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: 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

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