In 2009, he participated in an international public call and was appointed CIAT Executive Secretary, for the 2010 – 2014 term, assuming office on 1 January, 2010.

From the beginning of his term as CIAT Executive Secretary, Mr. Verdi has intensively worked to promote cooperation among the organization’s member countries, with priority focus on matters of international taxation, promotion of transparency, ethics and cooperation in the field of information technology applied to tax administrations.

He has specialized in International Economics and Advanced Quantitative Methods in the University of Brasilia (UnB). He holds a Postgraduate degree in Theory and Implementation of a Modern Economy, from the George Washington University – GWU of the “Institute of Brazilian Business and Public Management Issues”, Washington, D.C. U.S.A.

He is an expert in developing and assessing public services’ concession projects, with a degree from the “State University of New York”, New York, USA; expert in project analysis and negotiation for strategic alternatives to develop infrastructure– “Analysis and Negotiation of Build-Own-Operate and Build-Operate-Transfer Projects – Alternative Strategies for Infrastructure Development – The American University, Washington, D.C”.

Mr. Verdi held important positions in the Brazilian government: General Management Coordinator of State-owned Companies, General Tax Policy Coordinator, and has sat on countless Boards of Brazilian state-owned companies in different sectors.

He has served in the distinguished position of Member of the National Commission for Privatization, responsible for the Program on Privatizations, Public Services Concessions and Public and Private Sector related Projects.

In the Federal Revenue Secretariat of Brazil (RFB) he has held the following positions, among others:

General Tax Policy Coordinator – COPAT, from June 2002 to July 2004. He was advisor to the RFB Secretary on the development and assessment of the Brazilian tax policy. He worked permanently with the National Parliament of Brazil, especially with the Fiscal Affairs Commission, as well as authorities from the Executive and Legislative Branch, and taxpayers’ representatives, assessing and proposing modifications in tax legislation.

As General COPAT Coordinator, he coordinated the initiatives to perform tax-economic studies and simulations for the RFB, especially, measuring the socio-economic impact of the proposals to amend the tax legislation, as well as studies related with tax incentives, measuring tax pressure, tax space and tax evasion.

He has also performed the following roles in the RFB:

• – RFB Economic Studies Coordinator, between 2000 and 2002.
• – RFB Head of Division of Internal Tax Studies, between 1998 and 2000.
• – Member of the RFB Postgraduate Commission.
• – Coordinator of the RFB delegation with the Technical Commission of the National Tax Policy Council – CONFAZ.

He has represented the Brazilian government as member of the Administration Councils of the following Brazilian companies:

• – Urban Transportation Companies of Porto Alegre – TRENSURB – Full Member of the Board, 1993 -1997.
• – Banco Meridional del Brasil – MERIDIONAL – Full Member of the Board, 1994 -1996.
• – TTelecomunicaciones de la Provincia del Paraná – TRELEPAR – Full Member of the Board, 1993 -1994.
• – Hospital de las Clínicas of the city of Porto Alegre – HCPA – Full Member of the Board, 1993 -1995.
• – Red Ferroviaria Federal S.A., RFFSA – Full Member of the Board, 1995-1997.
• – Steering Committee of the National Privatization Program, CND, Full Member, 1993 – 1995.

He has lectured in the following institutions:

• – Getulio Vargas Foundation, 1996-2002. Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets – IBMEC – Brazilian Unit, 1998 – 2000.
• – Tax Administration School, Ministry of Economy of Brazil, 2000- 2004.

He has lectured and presented in different international meetings in over 40 countries and has been honored with the Nóe Winckler Tax Auditor’s Merit from the Federal Revenue Secretariat of Brazil in November, 2002.

In his free time, he spends time with his family, enjoys outdoor activities, plays golf, enjoys Ikebana artwork by his wife Eliana and his favorite book: “A certain Captain Rodrigo” by the laureate Brazilian author, Érico Verissimo.