Adriano Campolina has been the chief executive of ActionAid International since April 2014 and is based at the headquarters in Johannesburg. A native of Brazil, Adriano was previously executive director of ActionAid Brazil, where he led the transformation of the organization from a nationally-focused poverty eradication agency to one that mobilizes support domestically and abroad. Having started his working life as a farmer, Campolina became an agronomist and throughout his career has campaigned for land and food rights in Brazil and internationally.