Leonardo Gryner entered the Olympic world in 1995, occupying the position of Marketing and Communications Director of the Brazilian Olympic Committee. He was the Marketing and Communications Director for the Rio 2007 Pan-american and Parapan-american Games Committee. He was also the Marketing and Communications Director of both the Rio 2016 Bid Committee and the Brazilian Olympic Committee.

With wide experience in marketing and communications, Leonardo began to work in the sport area in 1983, when he has occupied the position of Sports Director (1983/1990) and Sports Marketing Director?(1991).?He was also responsible for Sports TV Rights Acquisition (1985/1991) at Globo TV.

He has worked as a Marketing consultant for FIVB (1992/1994) and for different National Federations and football clubs in Brazil.

An executive and entrepreneur, Ana Paula was the founding partner of Brunswick Brasil, a leading global strategic communications company. In 2011 she established and chaired Neemu Internet, which was recently sold to Linx SA. She had previously served as a director of several Globo group companies. She worked as CFO of Infoglobo and led the company’s financial restructuring from 2002 to 2005.?

Ana Paula is a member of News Corporation’s board of directors in New York, Vinci’s management board in Paris, The Nature Conservancy Brasil’s advisory council, and the Roberto Marinho Foundation’s board of directors.

She has an undergraduate degree in Economics and International Relations from Stanford University, and an MA in Economics, also from Stanford. She worked for several years for the United Nations Development Fund, the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank before returning to Brazil.

An economics graduate, Mario Andrada has spent almost his whole professional career in sports journalism. He worked for the newspapers Folha de Sao Paulo (International Correspondent and Sports Editor) and Jornal do Brasil (International Correspondent), for Radio Eldorado as well as US-based television network CBS. Mario was Reuters Executive Editor, responsible for the agency’s editorial operations in Latin America. Before accepting the Rio 2016 challenge, he held the position of Nike Communications Director, serving the markets in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Chile as well as other countries in the region.

Graduated in Law and Economics, Rodrigo Tostes has worked in large companies such as Arthur Andersen and Price WaterhouseCoopers and was Vice-President for Finance and, later, CEO of ThyssenKrupp CSA - Companhia Siderurgica do Atlantico in Rio de Janeiro. In Rio 2016, the new CFO (Chief Financial Officer) will be responsible for the Financial, Human Resources, Procurement, Legal, Planning and Institutional Relations Departments.

A qualified journalist and historian, Adriana Garcia has an MA in journalism, marketing and technology, and more than 20 years of experience in the field of communications and the press. She has worked for major communications outlets, such as newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo and magazines Veja SP and Exame, and she worked for 15 years at Thomson Reuters, one of the world’s largest news agencies, where she was editor-in-chief in Brazil and a correspondent in the United States. Her last two years were dedicated to the development of a collaborative platform to promote enterprising models for journalism in Brazil at Stanford University, as the holder of a prestigious J.S. Knight Fellowship.?

In his current position, Mr. Sanctos is responsible for coordinating actions and programs regarding institutional stakeholders of the Rio 2016 Organising Committee.

His connection to sports dates back to 1995, when he was appointed Chief of Staff of the first Minister for Sports in Brazilian history, Mr. Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as “Pele”. One of his responsibilities was preparing the initial drafts of the new sports law of Brazil.

Mr. Sanctos is a career Ambassador in the Brazilian Foreign Service. He is on temporary leave of absence since June 2010, when he joined Rio 2016.

With a solid career in event planning, especially in the ticketing area, Donovan acted as Information Technology Manager, Operations and Tickets General Manager and Managing Director in large scale companies in the entertainment industry.

The new director holds a Technology degree and an International MBA.?Before joining Rio 2016™, Donovan was General Director in one of the companies owned by Grupo GEO Eventos under Organizacoes Globo, which specialises in the organisation and planning of large events.

Elly Resende is an electric engineer with more than 20 years of experience in infrastructure planning, implementation and operation, and he has worked in international equipment manufacture and telecommunications operator companies.

Since 2004, he works in major sport events organisation. He has occupied the Telecommunications Manager position and, later, the Technology Director of the Rio 2007 Pan and Parapan-american Games Committee position. He has also been the Infrastructure Director of the Rio 2016 Bid Committee and, after the victory, was appointed as the Head of the Technology area of the Games. He is the responsible for all the system, program and technology infrastructure that support all Organising Committee’s functional areas, plus the integration of Broadcasting and the Host Broadcaster.

With master’s degree from IME (Military Institute of Engineering), post-graduation in Finances from FGV (Getulio Vargas Foundation) and an extension training in Strategic People Management from INSEAD, France, the engineer Henrique Gonzalez Garcia Filho leads the Games Workforce and Corporate HR functional areas. The main challenges are related to recruiting, training and managing, until 2016, a workforce of more than 160,000 people, including 8,000 paid staff, 70,000 volunteers and 85,000 contractors. Henrique Gonzalez did most of his carreer at Shell Brasil, where he has worked for 19 years, performing as Shell Brasil HR Director and Latin America HR Director.

He has experience in aligning Organizational Culture to business vision and strategic pillars, reinforcing sustainable actions and company’s values, seeking for a better reputation towards workforce, clients and stakeholders. In his international experience, he has participated in direct and indirect management of professionals throughout Latin America and has worked with pairs in five continents.?

Luiz Fernando is a retired Chief of Police and expert on Public Security Management. He has coordinated the security actions during the Rio 2007 Pan American and Parapan American Games.

Previously, he had been the Agent of Narcotics Repression of the Federal Police during 14 years before becoming the Chief of Federal Police in 1995. Ahead of “SENASP”, he has created the National Force of Public Security, the Councils of Public Security Integrated Management, among other structural measures.

As the Federal Police General Director, he has reformulated the model of management of the institution, adopting tools and methods regularly used by private companies, such as costs control and sustainability program, prioritizing the final objective of judicial policy focused on the qualified production of the final evidence.

He has also worked as the General Director of Federal Police (2007-2011) and National Secretary of Public Security (2003-2007).
He has a bachelor degree?in Laws from Fundacao Universidade do Rio Grande (1986) and a Master degree in Public Security Management from Fundacao Getulio Vargas (2005).

Rodrigo Garcia has an undergraduate degree in sport from the University of Sao Paulo and has worked in the field since 1995. He served on the Rio 2007 Pan and Parapan American Games Organising Committee, the Rio 2016 Bid Committee and the Sao Paulo State Committee for the FIFA World Cup. At the Rio 2016 Committee since 2010, he has been working on the operational planning of venues and sports, as well as relations with International Federations.

Sylmara Multini has vast experience in leading marketing, licensing and global companies’ sales projects, contributing significantly to the increase in their brands visibility by way of innovative marketing strategies.

From 1998 until 2000, as Matel Inc. Licensing Manager in Sao Paulo, she was responsible for creating and implementing the business strategy and negotiating and renewing contracts. For Walt Disney Company, she led a team of five professionals responsible for increasing the revenues between 2000 and 2001.

Before joining the Committee, she lived in the USA for eight years where she worked as Warner Bros. Studios Licensing Director for Latin America. In this last position, she led the sales team responsible for brands such as Harry Potter, Superman and Batman.

Married with two daughters, Sylmara holds a degree in Business Administration from USP (University of Sao Paulo).

Gustavo Nascimento has an undergraduate degree in architecture and an MA in civil engineering, and he has been at the Rio 2016 Committee since 2010, in the Venue Management area. He has extensive experience in venues for major events. For example, he led this area for the Rio 2007 Pan American and Parapan-American Games and was in charge of Venue Development and Overlay (VED) for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Ingrid Tozer has a degree in Sports Management and has worked exclusively as a major event management professional for the past 17 years. Ingrid has worked primarily on Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games projects from bidding through to planning, readiness and operations. Most recently Ingrid co-held the position of Main Operations Centre Director for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and also for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.