A lawyer (PUC-SP, 1993), with a postgraduate degree in Business Law (PUC-SP, 1998), and a course in Mining Agreements (CEPMLP, Dundee, 2012), he has worked on several projects and transactions in the mining sector, advising Brazilian and foreign companies. He specializes in Public Affairs in the mining sector, working on public policy projects, bringing together clients and the public sector. He is listed in the Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250, and Who's Who Legal guides.

A Mining Engineer from UFMG, he holds a Master's degree from USP and an MBA from FGV. He has 33 years of experience in the mining, agribusiness, and industrial sectors in Brazil, specifically in the fertilizer, gold, and iron ore industries. He has held management and directorship positions at Arafertil, Bunge, Galvani, and Yamana, and currently at Bemisa, implementing greenfield and brownfield mining projects, operating mines and mineral-chemical plants, and managing supply chains.

A geologist graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 1968, he holds a PhD (1975) and a post-doctorate (1989) in Geophysics from the Colorado School of Mines. He headed the geophysics departments of ENCAL and the National Observatory of the CNPq and DNPM. He served as supervisor, superintendent, and director at CNPq. He was Program Director at CAPES and Coordinator of Policies and Plans at the MCTl. He was an Adjunct and Full Professor at IG-UnB, where he has been Professor Emeritus since 2018. He is currently a project manager at ADIMB.

Geologist graduated from the University of Brasília, postgraduate in Project Management from Curtin University (Australia), member of AusIMM and CBRR, with over 10 years of experience in Mine Geology, Mineral Research, Resources and Reserves and Evaluation of Mineral Projects, working in Brazil, Australia, Suriname, Jamaica.

Graduated in International Relations from PUC-GO (2003), postgraduate in International Business and Foreign Trade from FGV-Rio (2006), Mining Law from CEDIN (2022) and Master in Public Policy and Government, FGV Brasília (2022). Currently, he is Research and Development Manager at the Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM), working mainly on the following topics: mining, mining law, regulation, mineral economy, green economy and ESG.

Fábio Henrique Vieira Figueiredo holds a law degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais and a postgraduate degree in business law from Gama Filho University. He is currently a PhD candidate in law at the Autonomous University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is the Secretary General of the Mining Law Commission of the Minas Gerais Bar Association (OAB/MG).