Marcelo is currently the Executive Director of Artemisia – Social Business Models, an organisation whose mission is to inspire and support a new generation of entrepreneurs in the development of innovative market-based solutions for social and environmental problems. He has been part of the Artemisia staff since the beginning, when he co-ordinated the International Fellows Program. He is also a board member of Instituto Geração promoting the social engagement of privileged young people in Brazil who are interested in contributing to a social change and the Menisquencia Magazine – a magazine totally produced and distributed by youth from the suburbs of Sao Paulo. At the university, Marcelo was involved in program of exchanges of cultural experiences and in the construction of programs for communities, such as Rotex and AIESEC. Marcelo has worked for 10 years in the private sector. In his last job in the corporate sector, Marcelo coordinated the program of Quality of Life of the multinational Nortel Networks for 5 years, however it remained clear that his priority is with the social sector. Before joining Artemisia, Marcelo was the Director of Projects of an organization that dealt with indigenous issues in Brazil, Associação Martin de Lima. Marcelo also coordinated the Programme of Volunteers of the Fundação Gol de Letra, a organisation that deals with young people from the favela. He was a contributor of the GIV- Group of Incentive to the Life, in a program of quality of life for people with HIV AIDS. Marcelo has also worked for the Global Youth Action Network and helped to start the regional office. He has also contributed to the network for Social organisations called Parceiro Social. Marcelo joined Worldview Impact in 2008 and is ready to make an impact in Brazil.
