Marcos Paulo
Britto
Government affairs and public policy across Brazil and Latin America, where regulation meets investment.
Anticipate the regulation. Keep the relationship.
Good policy work is mostly preparation, done long before the meeting.
- National CongressCN
- Central Bank of BrazilBCB
- Ministry of Mines and EnergyMME
- Ministry of AgricultureMAPA
- National Mining AgencyANM
- Federal Environmental AgencyIBAMA
I have spent my career between governments and the companies that depend on their decisions.
At the Embassy of Canada to Brazil, I lead engagement with the federal Congress, ministries, the Central Bank of Brazil and sector regulators on trade, financial regulation, payments, digital governance and critical minerals. I advise Canadian pension and sovereign funds invested in Brazil and lead the Responsible Business Conduct agenda for Canada in the country.
Before that, I advised more than thirty multinationals on regulatory strategy and market access for the U.S. Department of Commerce, with two assignments at headquarters in Washington, DC. My career began in the Brazilian public sector, at ApexBrasil and INFRAERO.
Born and based in Brasília. Available for regular travel across the region.
Measured in capital, market access and time.
Institutional capital safeguarded for financial services investors by resolving regulatory barriers and mitigating political risk.
Strategic investment enabled by stabilizing the operating environment for Canadian investors in Brazil.
Regulatory deadlock on Canadian consumer food exports resolved, opening a corridor worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
Multinationals advised on regulatory strategy, trade barriers and political risk in Brazil and Latin America.
Three fields, one practice.
Government Affairs
Legislative and regulatory engagement with Congress, federal ministries, the Central Bank and sector regulators. Political risk assessment and policy monitoring turned into clear positions for leadership.
Crisis Management and Strategic Planning
Crisis response on high-risk policy and reputational issues. Strategies and action plans built under pressure and short deadlines, coordinating Legal, Communications and business units to protect the license to operate.
Trade, Investment and Critical Minerals
Market access and trade barriers. Principal interlocutor with the Ministry of Mines and Energy. Data privacy, digital governance and tax reform monitoring translated into policy positions.
Three governments. One region.
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2018 - Present
Senior Trade Policy and Economic Affairs Officer
Global Affairs Canada, Embassy of Canada to BrazilGovernment affairs strategy for Brazil across Congress, ministries, the Central Bank and regulators. Led crisis response on high-risk policy files and managed teams of up to eight.
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2024 - 2025Civic
Head of Institutional Relations
Mapa Autismo BrasilInstitutional relations for a national initiative on autism in Brazil.
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2012 - 2018
International Business Developer
U.S. Department of CommerceRegulatory strategy for technology, telecommunications, manufacturing and consumer goods companies. Designed the infrastructure cooperation framework for Brazil's USD 200 billion concessions program.
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2010 - 2012
International Relations Trainee
ApexBrasil, Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion AgencyCoordinated ApexBrasil's presidency of the Ibero-American Network of Trade Promotion Organizations. Supported the Brazil-U.S. CEO Forum.
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2010
Airport Services Officer
INFRAERO, Brazilian Airport Infrastructure CompanyJoined through federal public examination as the youngest hire in the company's history.
Trained in policy, governance and markets.
- MA in Political Science and International RelationsIDP · 2026
- MBA in Compliance and GovernanceUniversidade de Brasília · 2020Summa Cum Laude
- MBA in Government AffairsFundação Getulio Vargas · 2018Summa Cum Laude
- BA in International RelationsUniversidade de Brasília · 2013Cum Laude
- Mining Industry Management Program (MIMP)University of Toronto · 2026
- Executive Micro Certificate in Economic Leadership for MiningUniversity of British Columbia · 2026
- CITP/FITTCertified International Trade Professional · 2021
- International Commercial Law DiplomaU.S. Department of Commerce · 2015
- PortugueseNative
- EnglishFluent
- SpanishAdvanced
- FrenchAdvanced