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Patricia Ellen

Partner, Co- Founder, AYA Earth Partners

Managing Partner of SYSTEMIQ LATAM, Co-founder of AYA Earth Partners, CEO of Instituto AYA, and former Secretary of Economic Development, Science and Technology of the State of São Paulo. She has a degree in Business Administration from FEA-USP, a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School and an MBA from Insead. Patricia was President of Optum in Brazil, a health technology company belonging to the United Health group. Former partner at McKinsey & Company and leader of the Public Sector practice. Member of the Economic and Social Development Council of the Presidency of the Republic, co-founder of the Agora Movement and named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2016. Participation in several national and international climate events, such as the previews of the Amazon Summit, Climate Week NYC, COP27 and COP28. Along with seven other organizations, she has led the first Climate Finance Forum in Brazil which is part of the G20 program in 2024. 

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