Murilo
Portugal Appointed to Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company
Board of Directors
TORONTO, Jan. 10, 2022 -- The Thomson Reuters
Founders Share Company today announced that it has appointed
Murilo Portugal to its Board of
Directors.
The Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company acts as a guardian of
the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Established in 1941, the
Trust Principles are designed to preserve Thomson Reuters
independence, integrity and freedom from bias in the gathering and
dissemination of information and news. The new appointment takes
immediate effect.
Mr. Portugal has a long and established career across both the
public and private sectors in Brazil, and in international organizations.
From 1980 to 1984, he was an adviser at the Office of the Chief of
Staff to the President of Brazil,
and then served as Chief Economic Advisor at the General
Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil from 1990 to 1992. He was then
appointed Secretary of the National Treasury, where he played a key
role in implementing the Real Plan of economic stabilization. He
also served as Deputy Finance Minister from 2005 to 2006.
In addition to his experience in Brazil, Mr. Portugal served as an Executive
Director at the World Bank Group and as Executive Director and
Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
At the IMF, he oversaw Fund relations with 81 countries across five
continents. He has also served as President of the Brazilian
Federation of Banks, and served on the boards of Banco do
Brazil, Caixa Econômica Federal,
Electrobras and IRB Brazil RE.
Kim Williams, Chairman of the
Founders Share Company's Board, said, "I am delighted to welcome
Murilo Portugal to the Trustees of
the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. I am sure he will make a fine
contribution to our thinking in defending the Principles and
ensuring that we act at all times in a way that is consistent with
the best ethical practice, ensuring that values core to the
successful sustenance of the Principles over the last 80 years are
maintained through sensitive, and sustained, vigilance."
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