CEO at CEBRI
Julia Dias Leite
Biography Julia Dias Leite
Julia Dias Leite is the CEO of the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI), the leading think tank in Brazil for international relations. She is the first woman to hold the position since the organization's founding in 1998.
The executive has nearly three decades of experience, holding prominent positions in independent institutions in Brazil, developing relationships with private sectors, government, and official entities both nationally and internationally, such as in South America, the United States, and Asia.
Recently, Julia became a member of the Advisory Board of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), a nonprofit think tank founded in Milan, Italy, in 1934.
In Brazil, she also serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Piemonte Holding and as a member of the Board of Directors of Elea Digital, a publicly traded company in the digital infrastructure sector.
She is a member of the Superior Council of Foreign Trade – COSCEX of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP). Additionally, Julia is a member of the City Council, a body of the Rio de Janeiro City Hall, and the Council of the Burle Marx Institute.
Graduated in Law from Universidade Cândido Mendes, with an MBA in Business Management from FGV, Julia has also collaborated as a resident researcher at the Council of the Americas in New York, supporting work on Brazilian foreign policy.