Elder Adilson de Paula Parrella has been engaged in full-time Church service since April 2017 when he was called as a General Authority Seventy. He served in the Brazil Area Presidency for five- and-a-half years, with three years as President. He has served from 2023 to the present in the Middle East/Africa North Area Presidency where he oversees Church spiritual and humanitarian activities in 21 nations. Elder Parrella is based at Church headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, while he resides in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Professional Life Elder Parrella received a bachelor’s degree in communications in 1989 and a master’s degree in business administration in 1991, both from Brigham Young University. He worked as a managing director of multinational companies until 2005, was a partner at Korn Ferry International until 2009, and a partner at Caldwell Partners until 2017. Personal Life Adilson de Paula Parrella was born in Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil, in 1962. He married Elaine Finholdt in 1988. They are the parents of five children.