RICARDO SOARES DE ARRUDA PINTO is an Agricultural Engineer (UNICAMP) and Business Administrator (PUCCAMP), with a Master's Degree from ESALQ/USP in Fleet Management of Mills. He is the CEO of RPA, being in charge of the areas of Sectorial Strategic Planning and Mechanization/Transportation (Logistics), and the director of RPANews Magazine (former IDEANews Magazine), specialized in the Brazilian sugar and ethanol sector. He has recently coordinated several studies on perspectives of the Brazilian sugar and ethanol agroindustry for the next years for Transpetro – a Petrobras subsidiary -, DuPont, FMC, Valtra (AGCO), Glencore, HSH Nord Bank, Tarpon, Rhodia, WestLB Bank, CSR, Dedini, KPMG, Mi...