PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR Personality of the Year: - UK: Sir Ralph Robins, Chairman, Rolls-Royce Group - Brazil: Mr Maurício Novis Botelho, President, Embraer Guest Speakers: 2002 -UK: The Rt Hon. Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, Minister at both the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Trade and Industry -Brazil: Ambassador Sergio Silva do Amaral, Secretary of State for Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Personality of the Year: - UK: Sir Nigel Rudd, Chairman, Pilkington plc - Brazil: Mr José Martins Pinheiro Neto, KBE, Chairman, Pinheiro Neto Advogados 2003 Guest Speakers: -UK: The Rt Hon. Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry -Brazil: H. E. Luiz Fernando Furlan, Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Personality of the Year: - UK: Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, Chairman, N. M. Rothschild and Sons Limited - Brazil: Ambassador Celso Amorim, Secretary of State for Foreign Relations of Brazil 2004 Guest Speakers: -UK: The Rt Hon. Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry -Brazil: Dr Antônio Palocci Filho, Secretary of State for Finance Personality of the Year: -UK: Mr Patrick Cescau, Chairman, Unilever plc -Brazil: Senator Jonice Tristão, President of Tristão Trading 2005 Guest Speakers: -UK: The Rt Hon. Lord Walker of Worcester -Brazil: H.E. Luiz Fernando Furlan, Secretary of State for Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Personality of the Year: - UK: Sir David Lees, Chairman, Tate & Lyle plc - Brazil: H.E. Luiz Fernando Furlan, Secretary of State for Development, Industry and Foreign Trade 2006 Guest Speakers: -UK: Lord Triesman of Tottenham, Foreign Office Minister with responsibilities for Latin America -Brazil: H.E. Gilberto Gil, Minister of Culture Personality of the Year: - UK: Lord Levine, Chairman, Lloyd’s of London - Brazil: Mr Antonio Francisco de Lima Neto, President of the Banco do Brasil 2007 Guest Speakers: -UK: Lord Triesman of Tottenham, Foreign Office Minister with responsibilities for Latin America -Brazil: H.E. Ambassador Jose Mauricio Bustani Personality of the Year: -UK: Mr Peter Sutherland, KCMG, Chairman of BP plc - Brazil: Ms Maria Cláudia Amaro, Chair of TAM 2008 Guest Speakers: -UK: The Rt Hon John Hutton MP, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform -Brazil: H.E. Ambassador Carlos Augusto R. Santos-Neves Personality of the Year: - UK: Sir Robert Wilson, Chairman of BG Group plc - Brazil: Mr Edison Lobão, Minister of Mines and Energy of Brazil 2009 Guest Speakers: -UK: Lord Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform -Brazil: Mr Paulo Antonio Skaf, President of the Federation of the State of São Paulo Personality of the Year: - UK: Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England - Brazil: Henrique Meirelles, President of Banco Central do Brasil 2010 Guest Speakers: - UK: Lord Lawson - Brazil: Jorge Paulo Leman, 3G Capital Personality of the Year: - UK: Cynthia Carroll, CEO - Anglo American - Brazil: Luciano Coutinho, President - BNDES 2011 Guest Speakers: - UK: Janet Royall, Rt Hon The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon - Brazil: Andre Esteves – BTG Pactual Personality of the Year: - UK: Lord Coe - Brazil: Carlos Arthur Nuzman 2012 Guest Speakers: - UK: Minister Hugh Robertson - Brazil: Governor Sergio Cabral Personality of the Year: - UK: Sir Frank Chapman, Former CEO – BG Group - Brazil: Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello – chairman of the board - 2013 Cosan S.A. and Cosan Ltd., Comgas and Raizen. Cosan Guest Speaker: - UK: The Rt. Hon. Kenneth Clarke QC MP, Minister without Portfolio Personality of the Year: - UK: Lord Bamford, Chairman of JCB - Brazil: André Esteves, Chairman of the board, statutory director- president and chief executive officer of BTG Pactual 2014 Guest Speaker: - Brazil: His Excellency Minister Alexandre Tombini, Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil. Personality of the Year: - UK: Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive and Founder of W PP 2015 - Brazil: Marcos Molina, Chairman of Marfrig Global Foods Guest Speaker: - Brazil: Mr Joaquim Levy, Brazil’s Finance Minister Personality of the Year: - UK: John Joseph Fallon: CEO of Pearson - Brazil: Alexandre Grendene Bartelle: founder and Chairman of the 2016 board of directors of Grendene S.A Guest Speaker: - UK: Managing Director, Policy and Network Development, at UKTI .