Ricardo Henriques

Ricardo Henriques is Economist and Executive Superintendent at the Instituto Unibanco. He
was National Secretary for Continued Education, Literacy, and Diversity (SECAD) in the
Brazilian Ministry of Education, and Executive Secretary for the Ministry of Social Development,
where he coordinated and designed the initial implantation of the Bolsa Familia program. In Rio
de Janeiro, he was State Secretary for Social Assistance and Human Rights, and President of
the Pereira Passos Municipal Institute for Urbanism (IPP), where he developed and implanted
the UPP Social Program. He was special aid to the president of the National Bank for Economic
and Social Development (BNDES), researcher and adjunct director for the social area of the
Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), and, for more than 30 years, he has taught at
the Economics Department of the Fluminense Federal University (UFF). He presided over the
Rio de Janeiro State Council for the Defense of the Rights of Children and Adolescents and the
Education Conference at the 34th UNESCO General Conference (2008). He was a member of
the Administrative Council for the International Institute for Education Planning (IIEP-UNESCO)
and, currently, is a member of the following councils: Amnesty International (Brazil), the Rio de
Janeiro Commercial Association (ACRJ), the Center for Studies on Work and Inequality
Relations (CEERT), the Center of Excellence and Innovation in Educational Policies (CEIPE-
FGV), CIVI-CO, the Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal Foundation (FMCSV), the Itaú Social
Foundation (FIS), Instituto Natura, Instituto República, Instituto Sou da Paz, and Todos pela
Educação (TPE).