Rodrigo Tavares (26 December 1978) is a Portuguese-born academic, finance professional, and public administrator. Previously, he was Head of Foreign Affairs of the

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Biography

He received his Ph.D. in Peace and Development Studies in 2006 from the

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and conducted his postdoctoral research at

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's Institute of Latin American Studies. He then was a research fellow at the

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in Belgium and Ethiopia, and a senior research fellow at

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. From 2011 to 2014, he served as the Head of the Office of Foreign Affairs of the São Paulo state government, under

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. In 2015, he founded and became president of the Granito Group, a company that aims to support the field of

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though consulting, investment banking, and policy & research. In 2017 he was named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. In 2018 he was nominated StartUp Portugal Ambassador, the agency tasked to promote globally the Portuguese innovation ecosystem, together with

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, Maria Mota and Miguel Pina Martins. He is an op-ed columnist for Folha de São Paulo, where he writes on finance, economics, and sustainability, and for TSF where he writes about his native Portugal.

Publications

Academic papers

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References

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