In conjunction with the Supervisory Board, the Board of Directors has an important role in the direction of the activities performed by the LIFE Institute.

The Board of Directors has a tripartite governance system, ensuring balance between representations from the private sector, civil society and academy members.

• Roberto Klabin  Founder of Refúgio Ecológico Caiman; President of LIFE Institute Board of Directors
• Maria de Lourdes Nunes  Executive director of Boticario Group Foundation for Nature Protection; Vice President of LIFE Institute Board of Directors
• Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias  Former Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2012-2016) and Professor on Biological Science Department at University of Brasilia
• Clóvis Borges  Executive Director of non profit SPVS 
• Fábio Alperowitch  Director of Fama Investimentos
• Flavio Marques Goulart  Director of Business and Communication at Japan Tobacco International – JTI Brazil
• Maria Alice Alexandre  CEO Permian Brazil
• Márcia Marques  Professor at Federal University of Paraná
• Miguel Serediuk Milano  Director of Permian Brazil and Milano Consultancy and Planning
• Thomas M. Lewinsohn  Professor of Ecology at  the University of Campinas and cooperates as honorary professor at Technical University of Munich