Podcast #114 | Mauro Cunha: Governance and Board Experience from Brazil.

In episode #114 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Mauro Cunha, 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.

In this podcast, Mauro talks to Evan about governance in Brazil and his experience on the boards of Petrobras and Vale. They cover the Lava Jato corruption scandal and its backlash, and the greenwashing claims against Vale. They also discuss ESG and its backlash in the US, Mauro’s board assignment with Embraer, and the new geopolitical landscape with US-China tensions and where Brazil fits in this environment. They finally address board education, the role of independent directors and the question of single-issue directors.

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