Jackson Schneider

Jackson Schneider has more than 30 years of high-level experience at transnational companies, working closely with domestic and international government bodies through his leadership roles in strategic industry associations and boards of public institutions. He was President and CEO of Embraer Defense, the most significant defense company in the Southern Hemisphere and has worked at the forefront of global political and geopolitical articulations, developing the highest-level relationships in developing countries. In addition, Jackson is the chair of the High Council for Foreign Trade at FIESP (a Brazilian industry federation). He was the chair of the Brazil chapter of the BRICs Business Council. Additionally, he serves on the Boards of Directors of international companies and nonprofit institutions. On the academic side, Jackson has a Law degree and a MBA, and was a Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies at King's College, London.