Speakers

Sandro is a Professor of Strategy and Public Management, and MPP Program Director at Insper (a leading nonprofit business school in Brazil). He is also on a leave faculty at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Brazil. He investigates the impact of organisational choices and strategic actions of public, private and nonprofits on performance. He is also interested in the boundaries of public and private organisations and the challenges associated to value creation, value appropriation, and accountability in the public-private realm. His research is placed somewhere between Strategic Management and Public Administration fields and has been published in reputable journals such as Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Strategy Science, Long Range Planning, Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Choice, among others.

Karla Bertocco Trindade was Under Secretary for Partnerships and Innovation at the Sao Paulo State Government, CEO of SABESP (Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo), and Director of BNDES (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social). She is currently a consultant in infrastructure and sanitation, a partner at Mauá Capital, and a board member at Corsan and at Orizon Valorização de Resíduos. She also coordinates the leadership of the sanitation sector at InfraWomen Brazil.