Patricia Ellen da Silva
Managing Partner, Systemiq LATAM
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Co-founder of AYA Earth Partners, CEO of Instituto AYA, Managing Partner of SYSTEMIQ LATAM 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 Masters 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. As AYA cofounder, she attended several national and international climate events, such as the previews of the Amazon Summit, Climate Week NYC, COP27 and COP28. Along with seven other organisations, she organised the first Climate Finance Forum in Brazil, part of the 2024 G20 programme.
