Leandro Machado is a Brazilian business and civic entrepreneur. In the last five years, cofounded RAPS, Political Action Network for Sustainability; CAUSE, the first issues advocacy firm in Brazil; #TemMeuVoto, a digital platform that helped more than 1.5 million voters to find their best legislative candidates in Brazil's 2018 election; and AGORA!, a new political movement to regenerate local politics.

His previous background includes leadership positions on Institutional Affairs at corporations like IBM, Shell, and Natura Cosméticos. From 2009 to 2011, acted as Chief of Staff and Public Relations of Guilherme Leal, Natura Cosméticos' co-chairman of the Board, and runnig mate of Marina Silva in the Green Party ticket (2010 Brazilian national elections).

Mr. Machado is a political scientist, with a bachelor degree at Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil, with specialization courses on International Communication at Siracuse University/ABERJE and in political management at George Washington University and executive education at Harvard Kennedy School and at the National University of Singapore.

At CAUSE, RAPS, #TemMeuVoto and AGORA!, Leandro continues to combine his great passion for democracy with the certainty that only through the active participation of all citizens and civil society groups will it be possible to build a freer world.