Igor MacEdo de Lucena

Igor Macedo de Lucena serves as the CEO of Amero Group since January 2024 and holds the position of President at CORECON-CE since January 2023. With a long-standing tenure at CORPVS as Director of Investments since January 2011, Igor is also an Associate Fellow at Chatham House and an Associado at Ifri, positions held since November 2017 and April 2018 respectively. As the Chief Executive Officer at IGI Asset Management since January 2012 and a Senior Economist at Brazil Africa Institute since June 2019, Igor has contributed significantly to various fields. Previous consultancy experience includes working with the United Nations from October 2019 to September 2021 and academic roles such as a Professorship at Unifanor Wyden from July 2017 to April 2020. Igor's educational background includes a PhD in International Relations, Geoeconomics from the University of Lisbon, a postgraduate degree in Finance from Saint Paul Escola de Negócios, and a Master's in Business Economics from CAEN-UFC, complemented by an undergraduate degree in Economic Sciences from the Federal University of Ceara.