Adriana VERDIER works as Projects Manager, Chief Executive Office’s and Managing Editor for Pontes publications. Prior to joining ICTSD Mrs. Verdier worked at the Institute for International Trade Negotiations (ICONE) in São Paulo, Brazil. In Europe, she was a consultant at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris and worked at the Agriculture Division where she provided research for the OECD study on Agricultural Policies in Brazil. She also worked for the Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN) in Geneva. Mrs. Verdier holds a Master degree from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and a Bachelor degree in International Relations from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil. She holds both Brazilian and French nationalities.