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Rodrigo Dora was born in Brasília, Brazil. He graduated in Law from UniCeub Brasília, with a postgraduate degree in Tax Law from Gama Filho University, Rio de Janeiro. Master in Auditing and Strategic Management from the University of Leon, Spain.
Master in International Trade Law from the University of Liverpool, UK. He also lists several other courses in accounting, economics, law and politics, some of which are from the University of Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, Leiden University, Netherlands, Lund University of Sweden, University of Michigan and Yale University in the USA, among others.
Rodrigo was Commended in 2012, receiving one of the highest decorations of the Brazilian Legislative Assembly, the Tiradentes Commendation, as a Knight Commander, was also Honorary Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Tea Council in Brazil from 2012-2014, and is currently a member of the board of the Brazilian Academy of Arts, Culture and History, and was part of the Golden Chariot Transport Award, is a member of the Brazilian Chapter of the BRICS Business Council in the Agribusiness Working Group, among others.
As a philanthropist, Rodrigo supports the Batucar Institute and the Pro-Carnivores Institute. In addition, he is an International Advisor to the Commission on the Rights of Children, Adolescents and Youth of the Brazilian Bar Association.
Rodrigo Dora received the Medaglia de Autori Giuridicci Internazionalli from the Universitat Degli Studi di Bari in Italy.
Rodrigo is fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. As a speaker, Rodrigo has participated in many forums and courses, including the final class of the 2015 International Relations graduating class at Univates University in Brazil, the 2016 Walsh College classes in Troy, Michigan, and also, including the 2016 United Nations Civil Society Forum, the BRICS Cities Forum in Harbin, China and the BRICS Civil Forum in Moscow in 2015, among others.
In recent years, Rodrigo has developed the business and institutional activities of RDR Coffees globally, also serving as Executive Director of the Chamber for the Promotion and Economic Development of the BRICS countries, and is firmly involved in the coffee sector, as a producer and member of the Brazilian Coffee Growers Association.
Rodrigo also has extensive experience as an exporter of the commodity and in the derivatives market, namely in Arabica coffee contracts.
