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.

• Miguel Serediuk Milano  Director of Permian Brazil and Milano Consultancy and Planning ; President of LIFE Institute Board of Directors
• Clóvis Borges  Executive Director of non profit SPVS and 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
• Flavio Marques Goulart  Director of Business and Communication at Japan Tobacco International – JTI Brazil
• Giem Raduy Guimarães  Stockholder and Board member of Positivo Group
  
• Maria de Lourdes Nunes  Executive director of Boticario Group Foundation for Nature Protection
• Luis Felipe Kraemer Carbonell  Director of Itaipu Binational Coordination
• Márcia Marques  Federal University of Paraná
• Thomas M. Lewinsohn  Professor of Ecology at  the University of Campinas and cooperates as honorary professor at Technical University of Munich