Ambassador Tatiana Rosito has served as Secretary for International Affairs at the Ministry of Finance since January 2023, where she coordinates the G20 Finance Track and manages relations with countries, blocs, and international economic and financial organizations. Tatiana is a career economist and diplomat with over 25 years of experience in the public sector and international organizations.

She spent more than twelve years in Asia, where she served as Senior Consultant at the New Development Bank (2020–2022), Chief Representative of Petrobras in China, and General Manager for Business Development in Asia (2017–2019). Prior to that, she was Minister-Counselor at the Brazilian Embassy in Beijing (2009–2014) and Counselor at the Brazilian Embassy in Singapore (2006–2009), working primarily in trade and economic-financial affairs.

As a Brazilian delegate to the United Nations (2003–2004), she worked in the Second Committee (economic and financial issues), representing Brazil in negotiations on the then-Millennium Development Goals, development financing, poverty reduction, South-South cooperation, the international financial system, and UN executive agencies.

In Brazil (2014–2017), she served as Executive Secretary of the Foreign Trade Chamber of the Presidency (CAMEX) and as Special Advisor to the Ministers of Planning and Finance. At the Ministry of Finance, she collaborated with other government sectors and the private sector to define Brazil’s NDC in the context of the climate change negotiations that led to the Paris Agreement (2015). Previously, she was Advisor to the Chief Minister of the Civil House (1999–2002).

Tatiana is a Senior Fellow at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI), where she founded and led the China Analysis Group until 2020. She is an invited member of the advisory committee of the Brazil-China Business Council. She holds a master’s degree in International Development from the Harvard Kennedy School and an Executive MBA from INSEAD and Tsinghua University. She earned her undergraduate degree in Economics from UFRJ and completed a specialization at UnB.

Alfred Fils Metellus, an accomplished Haitian economist with over 30 years of expertise in macroeconomic policy, development, public finance management, institutional reform, and project evaluation, currently serves as Haiti's Minister of Economy and Finance. He was appointed to this position in November 2024. Metellus began his career after earning a degree in Planning from the Centre de Techniques de Planification et d'Économie Appliquée (CTPEA). He initially worked as an Economist-Planner for the Direction Départementale du Sud at the Ministère de la Planification et de la Coopération Externe (MPCE) and later as a Project Analyst at the Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Ressources Naturelles et du Développement Rural (MARNDR). He further advanced his education with a master’s degree in Economic Policy Management from CERDI at the University of Auvergne, France.

From 2014 to 2018, Metellus was a consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), where he advised on strengthening public institutions like the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) and the Fonds d’Assistance Économique et Sociale (FAES). In 2018, he became Haiti’s Advisor to the Executive Office of Argentina and Haiti at the IDB.

His appointment as Minister of Economy and Finance marks a return to the ministry, where he previously served in critical roles, including Director of Economic Studies and Secretary of State for the Economy. During this time, he coordinated negotiations with international financial institutions, monitored financial programs with the IMF, and oversaw budgetary support missions from key donors such as the IDB, World Bank, and European Union. His efforts facilitated reforms in public finance management, anti-corruption, transparency, and accountability. 

Estefanía Laterza is the Representative in Brazil for CAF – the development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean. A career ambassador and diplomat, she holds degrees in law, international relations, and political science. She has served in Paraguay’s Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Industry and Commerce, where she was responsible for the country’s Investment and Export Network.

Felipe Caixeta holds a law degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2009), with specializations in Public Management (ENAP, 2023) and Tax Law (Ceajufe, 2010). Has experience in Public Law (with an emphasis on Administrative, Tax, and International Trade Law), International Relations, and Public Administration. A member of the federal career of Foreign Trade Analysts since 2013, having worked in various areas of the Ministry of Development, Industry, and Trade (MDIC), including Advisory Services, Chief of Staff Office, and Strategic Management. Participant in the first cohort of the public leadership training program LideraGov (ENAP, 2021).

Renato Godinho is a Brazilian diplomat with a background in journalism and a master’s degree in international diplomacy. In his 22 years as a diplomat, he served in Brazil and abroad with a focus on multilateral governance, social development, renewable energy, sustainability, and food and nutrition security.

As Alternate Permanent Representative of Brazil to FAO from 2009 to 2012, Renato played a key role in reforming the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS), helping to conceive, draft and negotiate the CFS Reform Document, as well as a number of major CFS policy products, while guiding the reform implementation as a Bureau member. From 2015 to 2022, he led the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Division for Renewable Energy, when he conceived and led the Biofuture Platform, a twenty country coalition promoting sustainable, advanced low-carbon solutions as its first Chair, and successfully led Biofuture’s transition to being hosted by the International Energy Agency as its permanent secretariat.

Since 2023, as Special Advisor for International Affairs in Brazil’s Ministry of Social Development (MDS), he has worked to elevate SDGs 1 and 2 in the global agenda. From December 2023 he was tasked with co-chairing of the G20 Task Force which successfully conceived, negotiated and launched the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty in November 2024, going on to currently include 185 member countries and organizations. Renato currently coordinates the Alliance´s interim Support Team on top of his duties at MDS.

Karin Costa Vazquez is a General Coordinator at the Ministry of Finance, where she led the agenda on Multilateral Development Bank reform during Brazil’s G20 Presidency. She is internationally recognized for her work in financing and cooperation for sustainable development, having served as a consultant for the United Nations and multilateral development banks. She was one of the architects of the ABDE 2030 Sustainable Development Plan and the 2022–2025 Strategic Framework of the UN Office for South-South Cooperation. With a strong academic background, she is a professor at O.P. Jindal Global University and a senior researcher at think tanks in China and Russia. Author of over 50 publications, she is a frequent contributor to outlets such as the Financial Times, South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera, and BBC.