Andrea Caroni is the President of the Swiss Council of States for the 2024-2025 period. He is a Swiss lawyer and politician who has served in the Council of States (Senate) since 2015. He previously served in the National Council (House of Representatives) from 2011 to 2015. Andrea Caroni studied Law at the University of Zurich and University of Lausanne. In 2007, he was admitted to the bar and completed his Juris Doctor in 2008 in State Law and International Law. Between 2008 and 2010, he was personal assistant to Federal Councilor (Minister) Hans-Rudolf Merz, who also acted as President of Switzerland during this time (2009). Between 2010 and 2012, Andrea Caroni completed a Master of Public Administration at Harvard Kennedy School. In parallel of his political activities, he is since 2025 an Honorary Professor of Public Law at the University of St. Gallen, where he has been giving lectures since 2013.

Tereza Campello has served as Director of Socio-Environmental Affairs at Brazil’s National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) since 2023. Among other initiatives, her department is responsible for the administration of the Amazon Fund, the world’s largest financing mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Previously, she served as Minister of Social Development and the Fight against Hunger from 2011 to 2016, where she was responsible for formulating and coordinating major social programs – including the Brasil Without Poverty Plan, which lifted 22 million people out of extreme poverty. From 2003 to 2008, she also served as Special Advisor to the Presidency of the Republic. During her rich career, she was named Chairman of the Board of Directors of Petrobras Biofuel branch (PBIO), Secretary-General of the National Council for Food and Nutritional Security (CONSEA), Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Chamber for Food and Nutritional Security (CAISAN), and Member of the Economic and Social Development Council (CDES). Tereza Campello has a degree in economics from the Federal University of Uberlândia, a PhD in Public Health from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, and a post-doctorate in the areas of poverty, sustainability, and food security from the University of Nottingham, England.

Millena Machado is a freelance journalist and TV presenter. She is an established figure in Brazilian media, passionate about diversity and inclusion. She has covered many historic moments such as Barack Obama’s inauguration. She is the creator and host of the podcast “Lado Pessoal,” which interviews CEOs on Rádio Antena 1.