Cleveland Prates Teixeira

Mr. Teixeira holds a master’s degree in Economics from Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV-SP) in São Paulo and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of São Paulo (Universidade de São Paulo – USP). From 2002 to 2004, he served as a Commissioner of the Administrative Counsel for Economic Defense (Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica – CADE), the Brazilian antitrust agency, and from 1999 to 2002, he served as Deputy Secretary for Economic Monitoring (Secretaria de Acompanhamento Econômico – SEAE) of the Brazilian Ministry of Finance, and as Coordinator General of Trade and Services and Cartel Prosecution for the same department. In 2002, he was a member of the Federal Fund for the Defense of Collective Rights of the Brazilian Ministry of Justice, and from 2006 to 2008, he was Council of the Brazilian Institute of Economics (Instituto Brasileiro de Economia – IBRE) at Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV). Since 2007, he has taught courses on Microeconomics, Economic Analysis of Law, Antitrust and Regulation at the GVLaw graduate program at the law school of Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV-SP) in São Paulo, and has coordinated a course in Market Regulation at the Foundation Institute of Economic Research (Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas – FIPE). He is also the Managing Partner of Microanalysis Consultoria Econômica, having worked on economic issues and coordinated projects in financial, regulatory and competition affairs in various sectors of the economy, including consultancy to both national and international government agencies, such as the Applied Economic Research Institute (Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada – IPEA), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Develoment (UNCTAD) and the World Bank.