Carlos Alberto Leite Barbosa “Of Counsel”

Graduate of the National College of Law of the University of Brazil in 1959 (currently known as the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Third Class Consul in 1960, Civil Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic in 1961, Second Secretary by merit in 1963, Buenos Aires Embassy, Head of Trade Promotion Division from 1965 to 1967, First Secretary by merit in 1968, Ambassador in Madrid from 1969 to 1974, Advisor by merit in 1973, Second Class Minister by merit in 1978, First Class Minister by merit in 1978, First Class Minister by merit in 1982, Ambassador in Bogotá, January-July 1985, President of the Brazilian Coffee Institute (Instituto Brasileiro do Café, IBC) in 1986, Ambassador in Rome in 1987 and 1991, Head of the Permanent Delegation to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Rome in 1990, Ambassador in Paris from 1991 to 1997, Special Advisor to the Brazilian Mission at the United Nations in 1998, Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) in 1998, Decorated with medals in Brazil and abroad.