Vania currently serves as a Board Member of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), a position she has held since 2021, and is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Capitals Coalition (since 2025). She is Deputy Coordinator of International Relations at the Brazilian Committee on Sustainability Pronouncements (CBPS) and represents both CBPS and the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC) in major international sustainability and reporting initiatives, including the IFRS Foundation’s Sustainability Standards Advisory Forum (SSAF) and the Integrated Reporting and Connectivity Council (IRCC).
She is also a member of the Fiscal Council of Folha de São Pauloand participates in global accounting standard discussions as a member of the Brazilian delegation to the UN’s ISAR since 2007. In addition, she serves as General Coordinator of the Brazilian Commission for the Monitoring of Integrated Reporting (CBARI) and participates in the Technical Working Group of the TISFD Beta Framework.
Previously, she built a long career at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), holding various executive roles between 1992 and 2020. She also led the Brazilian delegation to UN-ISAR from 2013 to 2020 and served on the B20 Integrity and Compliance Task Force in 2024.
Her governance experience includes extensive participation in boards and advisory committees. She has served as a Board Member of the SHIFT Project (2019–2025) and of the International Foundation for Valuing Impacts (IFVI) (2023–2025), and as a member of the Audit Committee of Banco Santander Brasil (2021–2024). She has also held several fiscal council roles, including positions with FAPES, PETRO RIO S.A., ELEKTRO REDES S.A., ALLOS S.A., and Folha de São Paulo. Internationally, she served on advisory bodies of the IAASB, IESBA, and the IFRS Foundation between 2010 and 2020.