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BNDES elects new CEO

BNDES elects new CEO

January 27, 2023 | Thierry Ogier
Aloízio Mercadante, a former senator, is close to President Lula, who has advocated for Brazil's national development bank to finance a natural gas pipeline in Argentina

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Brazil's national development bank BNDES said its board of directors unanimously approved the appointment of Aloízio Mercadante as CEO on Wednesday. Mercadante was one of the founders of the Workers' Party, or PT, in 1980, alongside President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He held various positions in the cabinet of former President Dilma Rousseff, including chief of staff in 2014 and 2015. He was also senator for the state of São Paulo from 2003 to 2011 and a member of the Chamber of Deputies from

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