Sara El Kadri
Board member
Term of Office: 2024 - 2027
Sara is the Institutional Sustainability and Certification Executive Manager at Suzano. With a career spanning 20 years in the forestry sector, she is an experienced professional in corporate communication, public affairs, and sustainability.
Sara has extensive experience in developing and implementing strategies for communicating sensitive issues, managing reputations in complex environments, cross-cultural communications, stakeholder engagement, sustainability initiatives, and certification-related matters.
She has been an active member of the PEFC Marketing, Communications, and Advocacy (MCA) Working Group since its establishment in 2020, and in April 2021, she was appointed Chair of the MCA by the PEFC International Board.
She also represents Suzano in several other national and international fora, including the Brazilian Tree Industry Association (IBA).
Sara holds a bachelor’s degree in communications, a specialist degree in organizational marketing and a master’s degree in business administration. In addition to her business experience, she also has academic experience, having taught Communications at postgraduate and MBA programs for several years.