Frederico Soares Machado

Land Use Manager

Forestry engineer graduated with honors, Frederico also holds a master’s degree in Amazonian Ecology and Natural Resource Management, with first-class honors.

After starting his career in the Amazon, working and living with traditional communities for four years, Frederico worked for leading international organizations. He held coordination positions at IUCN for five years and at WWF Brazil for 10 years, where he led the 2016 Olympics strategy and managed teams working in Brazil and abroad.

At iCS, Frederico is the Land Use Manager, coordinating strategies for Food Systems, Bioeconomy, Ecosystem Restoration, and Finance focused on Nature-Based Solutions. He leads work fronts in partnership with the private and financial sectors, think tanks, civil society, and federal and subnational governments. He also works to bring together international actors on the climate agenda.

Back