Johannes serves as the Executive Director of Good Energies Foundation and is the President of WRI Brasil. In addition, he serves on the Global Board of the World Resources Institute Brazil; the Governance Board of Instituto Arapyaú; and the Development Board of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He studied development economics and theology at the PUC-Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and holds a Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium). He started his career at Brazil's investment bank Bozano, Simonsen, in Rio de Janeiro and New York.