Marcos Sawaya Jank

Biography

Marcos S. Jank is the Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Business Development of BRF Asia, living in Singapore. Current responsibilities include handling BRF’s relations with governments and stakeholders in more than ten countries in the region, while providing support for partnerships and acquisitions. BRF is one of the largest and most successful food companies in the world. Before Dr. Jank was the Executive Director for Global Public and Governmental Affairs of the company, which included government affairs, public relations and sustainability, as well as the presidency of the BRF Institute, dedicated to social projects. From 2007 to 2012, was the President and CEO of the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA), main sugar-energy trade association with 136 member companies. He was also the founding president of the Brazilian Institute for International Trade Negotiations (ICONE), one of the country’s leading agribusiness think-tanks. In 2001-2002, he served as Special Expert in Integration and Trade at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington, DC. Dr. Jank has a 18 years career as Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo’s (USP) faculties of Economics (FEA) and Agriculture (ESALQ), with sabbatical periods in U.S. and European universities. He also held consulting and project coordination positions at the World Bank, IDB, FAO, OECD, UNDP, the Hewlett Foundation and other global organizations. He is a board member at several corporations and institutions, including the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholar’s Brazil Institute. the International Food & Agricultural Policy Council (IPC), Scania Latin America, COMERC Energy, and the National Council for Economic and Social Development (CDES). Jank has a Ph.D. from the School of Economics and Business, University of São Paulo (USP/FEA), a M.Sc. in agri-food policies at IAM Montpellier-France and a B.Sc. in Agronomy at ESALQ. Marcos Jank has published over 200 works and presented about 500 lectures in events in the country and abroad, and has over 20 years of experience in topics related to the agri-food industry. He is fluent in Portuguese, English, French, and Spanish.

Research Interest

Business and Management