With background in asset management, Hildete Vodopives did her PhD dissertation in business history under the supervision of Dominique Barjot at Sorbonne University. Globalisation and strategies of emerging multinational companies are her main areas of study. She coordinated with Luiz Carlos Delorme Prado the special issue about Regulation and competitiveness in Brazil for the French magazine Entreprises et Histoire. Hildete advises trade and development agencies, risk consulting and multinational firms. Hildete served as director of corporate relations and on the board of directors of the Brazilian Financial Analysts Association.