President and CEO of UNICA since June 2007, former President and Founder of the Brazilian Institute for International Trade Negotiations (ICONE), Dr. Jank is also Associate Professor at the School of Economics and Business, University of São Paulo (FEA-USP), B.Sc. in Agronomy by ESALQ-USP, M.Sc. in Agricultural Policies in Montpellier (France) and Ph.D by FEA-USP. He worked as Special Counselor to the Minister of Development, Industry and Trade of Brazil, as Special Expert in Trade at the Integration, Trade, and Hemispheric Issues Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington-DC, and as Visiting Professor at Georgetown University and University of Missouri-Columbia. Consultant and coordinator of projects at the World Bank, IDB, OECD, FAO, UNDP, the Hewlett Foundation, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the UK International Cooperation Department (DFID), and other international organizations, Prof. Jank published over 200 works and presented about 500 lectures in events in the country and abroad. Dr. Jank has over 20 years of experience in topics related to the sugar-ethanol industry, and is fluent in Portuguese, English, French, and Spanish.