Sheila is the Brazil program manager at the Climate Bonds Initiative, with the aim of developing and scaling the country's sustainable finance market. As an international relations professional with over 15 years of experience in government relations and business development, Sheila has managed projects for foreign and Brazilian governments.Before joining CBI, Sheila worked as a foreign direct investment manager for the Canadian and Swiss governments, promoting the internationalization of Brazilian companies and advising foreign clients on how to do business in Brazil, improving their awareness and knowledge of the local business environment, regulations and trade opportunities. Most recently, she worked as the Finnish government's economic and trade coordinator, promoting international trade, monitoring and reporting on political, as well as economic and commercial developments in Brazil.Before that, she worked as a UK government attaché, facilitating political, commercial and academic partnerships between the UK and Brazil. She managed a portfolio of cooperation projects aimed at implementing and developing public policies for Brazil's innovation and intellectual property environment, working with government authorities and high-level entrepreneurs to stimulate long-term partnerships and prosperity.In Brazil, she was an international business analyst at the Apex-Brasil agency, where she assisted foreign investors with information about the country's business environment. She also worked as an intellectual property analyst at the University of Brasília and at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development-CNPq, promoting research and innovation in the academic environment, also participating in the formulation of public policies for innovation in Brazil. Still in the national public sphere, she worked at Caixa Econômica Federal, as an intelligence analyst in the bank's security area.Sheila has a bachelor's degree in International Relations and a master's degree in Strategic Intelligence. She recently completed her MBA in ESG (Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance). She holds a CFA UK Certificate in investment and climate.