Ricardo Henriques
Ricardo Henriques is Economist, CEO of Instituto Unibanco, Associate Professor at Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) and Chair of the Board of Amnesty International Brazil.
Ricardo served as Vice Minister for Continuing Education, Literacy and Diversity at the Ministry of Education and as Executive Vice Minister at the Ministry of Social Development, where he coordinated the design Bolsa Família, a program that provides financial support to low-income families to reduce poverty and improve access to education and healthcare.
In Rio de Janeiro, he served as State Secretary for Social Assistance and Human Rights and as President of the Pereira Passos Institute (IPP), the city hall urban planning institute, where he developed and implemented the UPP Social program.
He was professor in the Department of Economics at Fluminense Federal University (UFF) for 30 years; researcher and Deputy Director for Social Policy at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) and Special Advisor to the President of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES).
He was chair of the Rio de Janeiro State Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, the Education Commission at UNESCO’s 34th General Conference, and the Inter-American Development Bank’s Network of Vice Ministers for Poverty Reduction and Social Development.
He was a member of the Administrative Council for the International Institute for Education Planning (IIEP-UNESCO) and, currently, is a member of the following councils: Brazilian Presidency’s Council for Sustainable Economic and Social Development (CDESS), Center for Studies on Labor Relations and Inequalities (CEERT), Fundação Itaú, Pacto pela Equidade Racial, and República.org.