Gesner Oliveira

Mr. Oliveira previously served as chief executive officer of Sabesp – Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo, one of the largest water companies in the world, and as president of the Brazilian Administrative Council of Economic Defense (CADE). He previously served as Brazil’s Secretary of Economic Monitoring at the Ministry of Finance and as the Undersecretary of Economic Policy. Mr. Oliveira currently sits on the boards of Braskem, Usiminas, Iguá Saneamento and Econservation. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of California Berkeley and was recently named Economist of the Year 2016 by the Brazilian Economists’ Association (OEB).