Frineia Rezende

Frineia Rezende is the Brazil Program Director at The Nature Conservancy (TNC). In this role, she leads a team of more than 150 employees working to solve the complex conservation challenges in the Amazon, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Their efforts are based on a systemic approach, focusing on implementation and impact generation to mitigate climate change and biodiversity losses.

Frineia has experience in the third and private sectors, having worked in institutions such as Akatu and as director of institutional development at Conexsus. She co-created Reservas Votorantim at Votorantim S.A., managing environmental assets and creating and managing Legado das Águas and Legados Verdes do Cerrado (private sustainable development reserves). Frineia is an expert in business and biodiversity, valuation of ecosystem services, and managing biodiversity assets and natural capital.