Sigma Lithium's Ana Cabral-Gardner in search of green mining
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Returning to Brazil, she co-founded A10 Investimentos, a boutique focused on impact investments – that is, that aim to generate positive environmental or social impacts. The company began by advising large Brazilian families on strategic decisions regarding their business. Today, however, it manages the private equity fund that controls Sigma.
In a more personal context, Ana also attributes her resilience to living with different people who inspired her. First, there's her 22-year-old son, who has a disability since birth, and who she says taught her to relativize many problems. Then come her parents, who came from military families and, she says, have always been very strict and demanding.
The executive also cites the women of the Jequitinhonha Valley,a region of Minas Gerais known for its low social indicators, and where Sigma Lithium is home to much of its lithium extraction operations. The region is part of the Brazilian semi-arid region, presenting segments of caatinga and cerrado, which makes determination, strength and resilience required of a large part of the population. Informally, the Jequitinhonha Valley is also known as the Valley of Poverty.
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