The head of the Municipal Olympic Company, Maria Sílvia Bastos Marques. She has the perfect background to lead an organisation that straddles the public and private sectors:
a former boss of a steel company and director of Brazil’s two biggest companies,
Petrobras and Vale, she has also held numerous positions in local government
and served as the first female director on the board of Brazil’s huge development
bank, BNDES.  Many others are joining her at the top.  Schumpeter Discusses Brazilian Women’s Progress in the Economist  Maria de grasas Foster heads Petrobas, Brazil’s state owned oil company.