Marcelo Barbosa is the Chairman of the Securities Commission of Brazil (CVM). 

He holds an LLB from the University of Rio de Janeiro State (UERJ) and an LL.M from Columbia University (New York). He has taught Corporate Law at UERJ and Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro. He was also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Fundação Estudar and a member of the Columbia Global Centers Latin America Advisory Board and of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee (CAF). He has written several articles on corporate law and securities markets and has participated as a lecturer at conferences in Brazil and abroad.