João Pinheiro Nogueira Batista is a businessperson who founded Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance and who has been at the helm of 6 different companies. Currently, he is Chief Executive Officer & Director at Evoltz Participações SA.

He is also on the board of 5 other companies.

In his past career he held the position of Vice President at Suzano Holding SA, Vice President for Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance, Chairman & President at Isolux Infrastructure SA, Chief Executive Officer for Braskem Petroquimica SA, Chief Executive Officer of Bertin Ltda., Managing Director at Dresdner Bank Brasil SA and Chief Executive Officer & Director at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Brasil Seguros SA.

João Pinheiro Nogueira Batista received an undergraduate degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro and an MBA from Universidade Gama Filho.