Guilherme Syrkis is the Executive Director of the Brazil Climate Centre (CBC). Between 2016 and 2019, he served as a special advisor to the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), promoting renewable energies, innovation and tackling climate change. He was a member of the Administrative Council of the Manaus Free Trade Zone, giving recommendations and evaluating investments in the Amazon region. In 2013, he co-founded the Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association (ABSOLAR) and became vice president. He promoted the government and institutional relations area, analysing and negotiating agreements to consolidate the Brazilian solar energy industry. In 2011, Syrkis co-founded a solar energy start-up that pioneered the development of grid-connected solar photovoltaic projects in Brazil. He began his career in 2009 in the planning department of the BNDES. Syrkis holds a Master's in Environmental and Energy Policy from the University of Chicago, fully funded by the Obama Foundation (2020). He has a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) and a Bachelor's in Executive Education from the Harvard Kennedy School. He is a PhD student in Energy at the University of São Paulo (USP).