Leandro Lima, PhD

Responsible for engaging with British companies and developing trade policy and market access strategies to boost their exports, expand business opportunities, and strengthen trade between the UK and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Responsible for developing and implementing the United Kingdom's strategy to identify and address market access barriers throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and, ultimately, supporting British businesses and helping increase trade between the United Kingdom and the region.

Responsible for the "Political Risk Analysis" and "Contemporary Brazilian Foreign Policy" courses at the FGV School of International Relations.

Responsible for coordinating and conducting projects on political, regulatory, operational, social, security, and ESG risks in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Occasional support to projects in other Latin American markets.

Responsible for analyses, presentations, and workshops on political, operational, social, and security risk issues in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Responsible for designing and implementing institutional relations strategies such as mapping and engaging with government officials, monitoring political scenarios and legislative issues on taxation, labeling, advertising and waste management.

Public and government relations analyst responsible for a wide range of activities such as mapping stakeholders; carrying out research; monitoring political scenarios and the media; assisting in the design and implementation of strategic communication campaigns. Experience with the health/pharma, telecommunications, mining, and IT sectors.

Public and government relations intern responsible for assisting Speyside's account managers in all aspects of their work with clients.

Responsible for monitoring the U.S. domestic and foreign policies on security and energy issues through newspapers and governmental webpages. Published news in Portuguese on the portal http://opeu.org.br. Besides, co-authored the article ‘The importance of unconventional gas to the U.S. economy and foreign policy’ in February 2012.