Thiago de Aragao

Thiago de Aragao is the director of strategy at Arko Advice, the leading public affairs company in Latin America, and an an adjunct professor at Marymount University, lecturing on China-LatAm relations. He has given presentations about the Brazilian and Latin American political environment in over a dozen countries and universities in the United States, Canada, Europe, and China.

A specialist in political risk analysis and political network analysis, focused on China-Latin America relations, through his work he advises over 100 companies, rating agencies and investment funds from Brazil, the U.S., and Europe. He is a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and columnist of the leading Brazilian newspaper, O Estado de S. Paulo.

Thiago is an alum of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Master in Global Policy) and currently sits on the board of Fight Cancer Global Organization. In May 2021, Thiago testified at the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Committee, U.S. Congress.