Ariel Calmon is the coordinator of Government Relations with Subnational Policy at BMJ, where he has worked with the health and consumer goods sectors. Previously, he was an intern at the Parliamentary Advisory of the Brazilian Council of Architecture and Urbanism (CAU/BR) and a senior analyst of Institutional Relations at the National Confederation of Financial Institutions (CNF). Also at CNF, he coordinated institutional communication for two years. He holds a master's degree in Political Science, a bachelor's degree in Sociology, and a teaching degree in Social Sciences from the University of Brasília (UnB), where he is pursuing a PhD in Political Science.