Isabella Maciel de Sa

Isabella Maciel de Sá was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, and graduated in Law in 1988 from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC/RS). She began her career at her father's law firm, specialized in Civil Liability and Moral Damages. In 1998, she moved to São Paulo and became an associate at Machado Meyer Sendacze Opice Advogados. Her corporate legal career took off in 1999 when she became Legal Director at Canbras. She continued to excel in similar roles at McDonald's, Cargill, and Novartis, where she also led the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. In January 2015, Isabella joined Abbott Laboratories as Legal Director, managing a team of 11 people responsible for 15 Business Divisions and 2 factories. In 2017, she co-founded and sponsored the company's Diversity and Inclusion Committee in Brazil. In January 2024, she was promoted to Latam South Legal Director, overseeing legal operations in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay and became the Black Business Network (BBN) Sponsor for Brazil. Throughout her career, Isabella has had the opportunity to study at Harvard Business School, London Business School, and Yale School of Management. She is one of the founders of Jurídico de Saias, a Counselor of the Superior Council of Labor Relations (CORT) of FIESP since 2017 and was elected "Latin America General Counsel of the Year 2018" by the Association of Corporate Lawyers. She served as a Counselor of OAB-SP from 2019 until January 2021 and was nominated for the "Outstanding Ally Award" by Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Latin America in 2019.