Iagê is a Brazilian socio-legal scholar, professor, and regulatory expert who serves on the Board of Directors of the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD). He completed his Bachelor of Laws at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), a Master’s degree in the Sociology of Law from the Oñati International Institute, and a Ph.D. in Law and Society from the University of Milan, complemented by a visiting fellowship at New York University (NYU).
His career operates at the intersection of economic law, public administration, and digital governance. Before his appointment to the ANPD, he accumulated a decade of experience in federal administration and policy design, notably serving as a Special Advisor to the Minister within the Office of the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU). A tenured Professor of Law at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) and an associate researcher at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP), his academic work utilizes empirical methodologies to investigate economic regulation, data privacy, antitrust frameworks, and green bond compliance. At the ANPD, his structural focus includes strengthening enforcement mechanisms, scaling digital literacy, and defining economic regulations to manage data misuse across transnational technology platforms.