Management

Mechanical Engineer, graduated from Escola de Engenharia Mauá, with specialization in Administration and Business from Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA). With more than 30 years of market experience, he developed his solid career exercising executive positions in Brazil and abroad. His last position was CEO at VLI Logística. He also worked in large companies such as Dow Chemical, Suzano Papel e Celulose, and Ingredion, including international experiences in the United States and Europe. In 2021, he was elected Executive of Valor in the Transport and Logistics sector by Valor Econômico newspaper. Has not been subject, in the last five years, to criminal conviction, representation in an administrative proceeding of the CVM and final and unappealable representation, in the judicial or administrative sphere, which has suspended or disqualified him from practicing professional or commercial activity; and (ii) is not considered a politically exposed person, under the terms of CVM Instruction 617/19. Finally, Mr. Ernesto Pousada does not hold positions in other third sector companies or organizations.

Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), he has a degree in corporate finance from Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV-RJ), Master’s in Business Administration (EMBA) from the University of Pittsburgh and pecializations in finance integration and value creation from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and mergers and acquisitions from the London Business School. He has served as Financial Director of PicPay Brasil since April 2021. He worked at Iochpe Maxion S.A., as Chief Executive Officer of its structural components unit, Maxion Componentes Estruturais from 2019 to 2021 and as Officer Finance and Investor Relations from 2016 to 2019. Previously, Mr. Ribeiro served as Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer from 2013 to 2016 and Chief Financial Officer Planning and Control from 2010 to 2013 at BRF (Brasil Foods) S.A. Mr. Ribeiro was also Controller at Sadia S.A. from 2008 to 2010, Business Controller at Kraft Foods Brasil from 2007 to 2008, Corporate Controller South America at BASF SE in 2007 and Administrative and Financial Director, Business Controller, Risk Manager, Senior Global Auditor and
Engineering Manager and Trainee at Unilever Plc from 1996 to 2007.

Has a bachelor’s degree as mechanical engineer from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), with a post-graduate degree in Maintenance Engineering and an MBA in Business Logistics. He has been in BR since 1998 and has held other executive positions at the company, including DIOL and DRPV, the last one occupied by him since 2017.

Has 26 years of executive experience in large companies and has developed a great part of his professional career in Ipiranga, where he held management positions and served as Commercial Executive Officer, between the 2011 and 2015. After serving as Senior Advisor for the Oil & Gas industry at Accenture Brasil, he held the position of Executive Director of FIRJAN between 2017 and 2019.

Graduated in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with an executive MBA from Coppead. He has additional training at important business schools such as London Business School, Wharton, Harvard and IMD. He was Global Vice President at Gerdau between 2020 and 2023; Throughout his career, he worked in several countries working at the companies Shell, Raízen and Cosan, leading areas such as marketing, commercial, planning, operations, strategy, M&A and digital transformation. He was Executive Director of Raízen, coordinating the entire agro-industrial operation with 26 industrial plants, CEO of the startup Payly and Executive Director of Holding Cosan.

Graduated in Economics from Faculdade Cândido Mendes,  holds an MBA in Finance from COPPEAD/UFRJ and an extension course in Finance from Darden School of Business – University of Virginia (USA). In the last five years, she held the position of (i) Chief Executive Officer of AES Brasil Energia, since November 2020; (ii) Planning Officer Finance and Strategy of: (a) AES Brasil Energia; (b) AES Eletropaulo; (c) AES Sul; and (d) AES Uruguaiana Empreendimentos S.A., from June 2015 to October 2017; and of (iii) Director of Treasury and Investor Relations of (a) Eletropaulo; (b) Company; (c) AES Sul Distribuidora Gaúcha de Energia S.A.; and (d) AES Uruguaiana Empreendimentos
S.A., from August 2008 to June 2015; and (iii) alternate member of the Board of Directors of the Company and AES Elpa.

Graduated in Law in 1997, at Estácio de Sá University, with postgraduate degree in Oil Law from Candido Mandes University and MBA in Business Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Admitted to BR in 2001, having previously held the role of Outsourced Process Coordinator, Credit Recovery Legal Manager, Planning and Management Legal Manager and Legal Executive Manager.

Graduated in Mechanical Engineer at UFRJ, with a MBA in Business Management from Ibmec and Post-MBA in Digital Business and Executive Training in Open Innovation from FGV, Radical Innovation, Digital Transformation and Corporate Innovation from MIT and Leadership and Exponential Technologies Program from Singularity University. Aspen has been working at BR since 2003, having held various managerial roles at BR and Petrobras, such as business development, planning and technology.

Born in Salvador, Vanessa Gordilho has extensive experience in the technology sectors, the financial market and payment methods companies, in which she worked for almost two decades helping in the digital transformation of businesses such as Mastercard, Thalles and GetNet, from the Santander group. Before joining Vibra, he served as CEO at healthtech Qsaúde. Vanessa holds a degree in Communication and an MBA in the US from UCSD.

Graduated in business administration from FACULDADES SPEI CURITIBA PR on August 1, 2002, he was a Director at Banco do Brasil from January 2010 to February 2015. In March 2015 he assumed the position of President at Previ, a position he held until July 2018. From that date until December of the same year, he held the position of Vice President at Banco do Brasil. In July 2019, he became President of PicPay, until August 2020. Mr. Gueitiro Matsuo Genso declared, for all legal purposes that, in the last five years, he has not been subject to the effects of any criminal conviction, even if not final, any conviction or penalty in an administrative proceeding before the CVM, Banco Central do Brasil or the Superintendence of Private Insurance or any final and unappealable conviction, at the judicial or administrative level, which would have the effect of suspending or disqualifying the practice of any professional or commercial activity.

Graduated in Administration from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC/SP), in February 2002, with an MBA in Administration from Babson College, in 2009, and certification by ICSS – Institute of Institutional Certification and Social Security Professionals and by IBGC – Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance. She has worked as an executive for more than 20 years in the financial services and healthcare sectors, structuring business units, establishing governance, managing P&Ls, analyzing new opportunities, developing strategic plans, leading innovation projects, driving digital transformation, executing commercial plans and launching products in Brazil and Latin America. She began her career in the commercial pension area of ​​CCF/HSBC banks and was responsible for pension and insurance products at Santander. In recent years she has been a volunteer executive director of the Planolar Pension Fund and has worked in healthcare as a business and executive consultant at pharmaceutical companies, in positions such as marketing leader at Janssen and business unit director at Sanofi and GSK.

Graduated in Business Administration from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, in March 1981; he took courses as a board member at the IBGC in 2001 and development courses in administration at Fundação Dom Cabral in 2002 and IBMEC in 2003. He also holds a post-graduate degree in business management at Fundação Getúlio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, completed in 2006 , and took an ongoing knowledge course for an audit committee, at IBCG, in 2019. At Previ, his trajectory began in June 1990 as an alternate member of the fiscal council, a position he held until May 1992. From June 1992 to May 1996, assumed a position on the Board of Directors. At the end of 1997, he became a member of the Equity Board, until May 2000. From June 2004 to May 2010, he was a member of the Management of Policies and Scenarios at Previ, and in June 2010 he became the position of Director of Planning, until May 2014. Between March 1996 and 1997, he held the presidency of the Federation of Consumer Cooperatives. Between April 1997 and April 2003, he was a director at Paranapanema S.A. Between April 2005 and 2007, he was a director at Petroflex. Between June 2010 and May 2012, he held a position on the deliberative board of ABRAPP. Between June 2010 and July 2020, he held a position on the Economus deliberative board. From 2007 to 2011 he also served as a director at Kepler and Weber. From April 2011 to April 2015, he was a director at Embraer, where he also held a position on the audit and risk committee between 2011 and 2013 and on the human resources committee from 2013 to 2015. He was also chairman of the ICSS board of directors from October 2011 to August 2019. From October 2018 to August 2019, he held a position on the audit committee at Cooperforte. From March 2019 to March 2020, he held a position on the supervisory board of Tupy S.A.

Graduated in Economics and Law (UFAC), specialist in Civil Law and Civil Procedural Law (Estacio de Sá) and MBA-General Training and Development of Executives in Administration (USP/FIA); Academic Extensions, among others, in Corporate Governance and Training for Advisors (FGV, USP/FIPECAFI and IBGC), Banking and Financial System in the Global Market and Behavioral Economics (The University of Chicago Booth School of Business), Executive Program “BB Digital Business Transformation” (MIT-USA), Operational Efficiency Responsibility and Sustainable Business (UPeace/UN-NY-USA). Holds Professional Certifications in Corporate Governance, for proficiency and experience, by IBGC (Administration Councilor, CCA+; Fiscal Councilor, CCF; and Audit Committee Member, CCoAud+); and by ICSS – Certified Professional in Social Security, with an emphasis on Administration. He is currently a Member of the Audit Committee (Coaud), Coordinating Member of the Technology and Innovation Committee (Cotei) and Member of the People, Remuneration and Eligibility Committee (Corem) of BANCO DO BRASIL; Independent Board Member, Coordinating Member of the Audit Committee and Member of the People, Eligibility, Succession and Remuneration Committee at INFRAERO-Empresa Brasileira de Infraestrutura Aeroportuária S.A. He was a Board Member at BANCO DO BRASIL (2021-2023), Fiscal Advisor at GERDAU S.A. (2022-2023) and METALÚRGICA GERDAU S.A. (2018-2022) and Deputy Fiscal Councilor at NORTE ENERGIA S.A. (2020-2021) and WEG S.A. (2016-2018); Deliberative Advisor at BB-PREVIDÊNCIA-Pension Fund Banco do Brasil (2015-2017); Member of the Audit Committee at BBTS-TECNOLOGIA E SERVICES (2013-2015) and Deliberative Advisor at SEBRAE-AC (1992-1995). He was an employee of BANCO DO BRASIL from 1979 to 2015. He joined as a Minor-Apprentice and held first manager positions in regional and strategic units of the Bank in the country, including General Manager of Regional Legal Advice (Acre, Pará-Amapá, Federal District and Bahia-Sergipe), State Superintendent (Acre) and Executive Manager and General Manager (equivalent to Executive Director) in the Strategic IT Architecture and Governance Unit in the Technology Directorate.

Graduated in Economics from Unicamp and in Accounting from Puccamp and holds an MBA in Finance from IBMEC. He has a career spanning more than 30 years, and has been CFO since 2004. He began his career as an auditor at Arthur Andersen and developed his career mainly in the electricity sector, with passages in the industry and agribusiness sectors. He built a repertoire in FP&A early in his career and has solid experience in project finance and debt issuance, pioneering the issuance of green bonds in the transmission sector. As CFO, he worked for companies such as Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira S.A.- CTC, ISA Cteep S.A., Grupo AES Brasil, Tetra Pak Ltda and Elektro. Since May 2023, he has been CFO and Investor Relations Officer at TAESA -Transmissora Aliança de Energia Elétrica S.A.

Graduated in Accounting from the Faculty of Visconde de Cairu, in 1996. Currently, he works as an independent business consultant, mainly in the retail areas (Grupo Pereira with headquarters in São Paulo and acting mainly in the Center Oeste) and Education (Morumbi Sul Schools, with operations in São Paulo) and, since 2017, he has been a member of the fiscal council of Magazine Luíza and an independent board member of Clínicas Clivale, a family company based in Salvador. He served for 35 years as an auditor and business consultant, between 1980 and 2002, at Arthur Andersen & CO, where he served as an International Partner for the past six years; in the period between 2001 and 2015, he was an audit partner at Deloitte Touche Thomatsu. Mr. Walbert Antonio dos Santos declared, for all legal purposes that, in the past five years, he has not been subject to the effects of any criminal conviction, even if not final, any conviction or penalty in an administrative proceeding before the CVM or any final and unappealable sentence, in the judicial or administrative sphere, which had the effect of suspending or disqualifying the practice of any professional or commercial activity. Mr. Walbert Antonio dos Santos declared that he was not a Politically Exposed Person, under the terms of CVM Instruction No. 617, of December 5, 2019, as he did not fit into any of the situations that characterize the Politically Exposed Person.

Graduated in economics and law, with an MBA and with several courses at universities in the USA and Europe, he has a long international career as an executive and member of boards in the financial and AGRO-related sectors, from Asia to the Americas. Since 2023, he has been a member of the advisory board of one of the largest universities in China – Zhejiang University International Business School (ZIBS), as one of the members of the international board and is part of the Advisory Board of FRUX Capital, a large investment fund in Europe, based in Madrid. He is currently president of the Board of Directors of Vibra Energia, one of the largest companies in Brazil, formerly known as BR Distribuidora. He also holds the Presidency of the Board of Directors of Ebury Partners, in London, a global fintech that offers cross-border exchange and payments solutions that boost foreign trade and digital business between several countries. Additionally, he is a member of the board of Brazil Foods (BRF), the largest national food company, and a member of the board of directors of Delta Airlines in the USA for over nine years. On the topic of ESG, he is a member of the global board of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), one of the largest environmental NGOs in the world, based in the USA, and co-chair of the business council focused on environmental conservation in Latin America (LACC). Before that, he was also chairman of the Board and Executive President of Santander Brasil until January 2023 and was also part of the board of the Santander group in Spain. As an executive, he served on the global executive committee of ABN AMRO in Amsterdam, Senior Executive Director at Bear Stearns in New York, Global CFO of Cargill in Minneapolis and CEO of Marfrig Foods, one of the largest beef companies in the world.

Graduated in Business Administration from the São Paulo School of Business Administration of the Fundação Getúlio Vargas – EAESP/FGV, with a postgraduate degree in Production Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo – Poli/USP.  He was President Director of Vale (from May 2017 to March 2019) and Permanent Participant of Vale’s Information Dissemination Committee (during the same period), where he also held the position of Permanent Participant and Coordinator of the Strategic Committee (May to October 2017). His main professional experiences include: (i) General Manager and CEO of Klabin S.A. (February 2011 to May 2017), a publicly-based company operating in the pulp and paper sector; (ii) President of SanAntonio International (March 2008 to March 2010), an oil and gas company; (iii) President of Telemar Participações S.A. (April 2007 to March 2008), a telecommunications company; at Ultrapar, a company in the fuel distribution sector, as (iv) Superintendent of Planning, (v) Director of Planning, (vi) Director of Planning and Control, (vii) Investor Relations Officer, (viii) President (Ultraprev), (ix) Managing Partner (Ultra S.A. – Parent Company of Ultrapar) and (x) CFO/Chief Financial Officer (Ultra Group from May 1985 to April 2007); (xi) Member of the Board of Directors of Duratex S.A., a publicly-based company operating in the timber sector, where he also served as (xii) Head of Sector of Economic Studies, (xiii) Head of Development Division and (xiv) Head of planning department (February 1976 to April 1985); and (xv) was a member of the Board of Directors of Pão de Açúcar group, a company in the retail sector. He graduated in Production Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo – Poli/USP in 1976, graduated in Production Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo – Poli/USP, completed in 1977, and in Business Administration from the São Paulo School of Business Administration of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation – EAESP/FGV, completed in 1979.

Engineer graduated from ITA and post-graduated from FGV, IMD and Harvard Business School and since 2013 he has been President of Suzano. He began his career at Citibank and, in 1989, took over as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at Dixie Lalekla. With the merger of Toga and Dixie Lalekla in 1995, he became Managing Director of the Dixie Toga Group and, in 1997, assumed the presidency of the Group. Between 2005 and 2012 he was president of Votorantim Cimentos, being responsible for its operations in Brazil and 14 other countries. Since 2013 at the head of Suzano, Schalka has led important company movements, including the recent merger with Fibria.

Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from USP of São Carlos, post-graduated in Finance from PUC Rio de Janeiro, having studied doctorate in Economics from Unicamp. Currently carries out the following charges: (i) since 2008, he is a member of the Board of Directors and the Sustainability and Strategy Committee of Suzano S.A.; (ii) since 1998, is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of WEG S/A, a publicly-based company whose main activity is the industrialization, production and marketing of industrial systems, machinery and equipment; (iii) since 2004, is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Iochpe-Maxion S.A., a publicly-based company whose main activity is the manufacture and distribution of engines, agricultural machinery and equipment and components for the metallurgical, railway and automotive industry; (iv) was a member of the Board of Directors of Ultrapar Participações S.A. between 2002 and 2020, a publicly held company whose main activity is the application of equity in trade, industry, agriculture and the provision of services; and (v) He was a member of the Board of Directors of Itaú-Unibanco from 2012 to 2017. From 1972 to 1990, he worked at the National Bank for Economic and Social Development – BNDES, where he was Director from 1987 to 1990. From 1990 to 1994, he was Corporate General Manager of The Iochpe-Maxion Holding Industry Group and, from 1995 to 2008, he was President Director of Perdigão S.A. From 2007 to April 2013, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of BRF – Brasil Foods, whose company has a publicly-based activity in industrialization, marketing and food exploration in general.

Graduated in Law from UniEvangélica, postgraduate in Public Law from the University of Rio Verde (FESURV / Axioma Jurídica) and has an MBA in Financial Business from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He has experience in wealth and investment management, with solid expertise in the area of investments for the private banking (onshore and offshore), retail banking and closed pension markets, having worked in the business and strategic management of various business segments – individuals, rural producers and private clients in Brazil and the United States of America.
In the last five years, he served as executive manager of Banco do Brasil (Brasília/DF), having been responsible for implementing the Funding and Investments Unit, a strategic unit responsible for the journey of Banco do Brasil’s investor clients in the retail segment (2017 – 2020 ); general manager at Banco do Brasil (Miami/USA), responsible for the relationship with account holders of the BB Miami branch, which covers the private banking segments and expatriate civil servants of the federal government (2020 – 2023); since 2023, he has served as Director of Investments at the Banco do Brasil Employees’ Pension Fund – PREVI, being responsible for the allocation and management of PREVI’s investments; and in 2024 he was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Guarulhos International Airport Concessionaire (GRU).

Has a degree in computer science from the Catholic University of Pelotas and a specialization in Corporate Finance and Management from FGV and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. He has also an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a specialization for CEOs from the Harvard Business School. Between 2011 and 2017, he was Partner-President and CEO of FALCONI. He was member of the Boards of Directors of Banco Pan (2011 – 2017), PDG (2012 – 2016), Terra Santa Agro (2016 – 2018) and Hospital Moinhos de Vento (since 2016). He was a member of Fundação Estudar Deliberative Council between 2012 and 2017. In addition, he was CEO of Banrisul and IR Executive Officer (2010 – 2011) and member of CdA (2008 – 2011), Director/Undersecretary of the Treasury of Rio Grande do Sul (2007 – 2008), Secretary of Planning and Management of Rio Grande do Sul (2008 – 2009). He also served in the Federal Senate (2006), in the Ministry of Finance (2004 – 2005) and in the Secretariat of Finance of Rio Grande do Sul (1993 – 2002).

Graduated in Law from PUC in Rio de Janeiro, he worked at Agência Roberto de Automóveis and then as an operator at the Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange. In 1970 he became a partner at Corretora Multiplic and was president of Banco London Multiplic until 1985. He was director and president of ANBID – National Association of Investment Banks (1983/85) and Member of the Board of Cia. Souza Cruz. Elected constituent deputy in 1986, by the PMDB, he was deputy leader of Mário Covas. He was the founder of the PSDB in 1988 and president of the party in Rio until 1993. Elected federal deputy in 1994, the following year he took over the State Secretariat of Industry, Commerce and Tourism when he attracted economic and industrial projects to the state, including the Volkswagen factories and Peugeot, which started the modern automobile hub in Southern Fluminense. In 1996, he was appointed Ambassador of Brazil to the IOC to lead Rio’s bid for the 2004 Olympics. In 1998, he was re-elected federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro. He then held the position of deputy leader of Deputy Luiz Eduardo Magalhães and leader of the Government after his death. In March 2000 he was elected President of the Constitution, Justice and Writing Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. In 2002 he was re-elected Federal Deputy for his fourth term. From 2001 to 2005, he was Municipal Health Secretary of the City of Rio de Janeiro. In 1994, he was founder of the Preservale Institute. In 2001 he founded the São Fernando Institute, in Vassouras, RJ. In 2016, together with his son, he founded the Instituto República and in 2017 the Instituto Vassouras Cultural.

Graduated in Business Administration from the São Paulo School of Business Administration of the Fundação Getúlio Vargas – EAESP/FGV, with a postgraduate degree in Production Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo – Poli/USP.  He was President Director of Vale (from May 2017 to March 2019) and Permanent Participant of Vale’s Information Dissemination Committee (during the same period), where he also held the position of Permanent Participant and Coordinator of the Strategic Committee (May to October 2017). His main professional experiences include: (i) General Manager and CEO of Klabin S.A. (February 2011 to May 2017), a publicly-based company operating in the pulp and paper sector; (ii) President of SanAntonio International (March 2008 to March 2010), an oil and gas company; (iii) President of Telemar Participações S.A. (April 2007 to March 2008), a telecommunications company; at Ultrapar, a company in the fuel distribution sector, as (iv) Superintendent of Planning, (v) Director of Planning, (vi) Director of Planning and Control, (vii) Investor Relations Officer, (viii) President (Ultraprev), (ix) Managing Partner (Ultra S.A. – Parent Company of Ultrapar) and (x) CFO/Chief Financial Officer (Ultra Group from May 1985 to April 2007); (xi) Member of the Board of Directors of Duratex S.A., a publicly-based company operating in the timber sector, where he also served as (xii) Head of Sector of Economic Studies, (xiii) Head of Development Division and (xiv) Head of planning department (February 1976 to April 1985); and (xv) was a member of the Board of Directors of Pão de Açúcar group, a company in the retail sector. He graduated in Production Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo – Poli/USP in 1976, graduated in Production Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo – Poli/USP, completed in 1977, and in Business Administration from the São Paulo School of Business Administration of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation – EAESP/FGV, completed in 1979.

Engineer graduated from ITA and post-graduated from FGV, IMD and Harvard Business School and since 2013 he has been President of Suzano. He began his career at Citibank and, in 1989, took over as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at Dixie Lalekla. With the merger of Toga and Dixie Lalekla in 1995, he became Managing Director of the Dixie Toga Group and, in 1997, assumed the presidency of the Group. Between 2005 and 2012 he was president of Votorantim Cimentos, being responsible for its operations in Brazil and 14 other countries. Since 2013 at the head of Suzano, Schalka has led important company movements, including the recent merger with Fibria.

Graduated in economics and law, with an MBA and with several courses at universities in the USA and Europe, he has a long international career as an executive and member of boards in the financial and AGRO-related sectors, from Asia to the Americas. Since 2023, he has been a member of the advisory board of one of the largest universities in China – Zhejiang University International Business School (ZIBS), as one of the members of the international board and is part of the Advisory Board of FRUX Capital, a large investment fund in Europe, based in Madrid. He is currently president of the Board of Directors of Vibra Energia, one of the largest companies in Brazil, formerly known as BR Distribuidora. He also holds the Presidency of the Board of Directors of Ebury Partners, in London, a global fintech that offers cross-border exchange and payments solutions that boost foreign trade and digital business between several countries. Additionally, he is a member of the board of Brazil Foods (BRF), the largest national food company, and a member of the board of directors of Delta Airlines in the USA for over nine years. On the topic of ESG, he is a member of the global board of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), one of the largest environmental NGOs in the world, based in the USA, and co-chair of the business council focused on environmental conservation in Latin America (LACC). Before that, he was also chairman of the Board and Executive President of Santander Brasil until January 2023 and was also part of the board of the Santander group in Spain. As an executive, he served on the global executive committee of ABN AMRO in Amsterdam, Senior Executive Director at Bear Stearns in New York, Global CFO of Cargill in Minneapolis and CEO of Marfrig Foods, one of the largest beef companies in the world.

Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from USP of São Carlos, post-graduated in Finance from PUC Rio de Janeiro, having studied doctorate in Economics from Unicamp. Currently carries out the following charges: (i) since 2008, he is a member of the Board of Directors and the Sustainability and Strategy Committee of Suzano S.A.; (ii) since 1998, is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of WEG S/A, a publicly-based company whose main activity is the industrialization, production and marketing of industrial systems, machinery and equipment; (iii) since 2004, is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Iochpe-Maxion S.A., a publicly-based company whose main activity is the manufacture and distribution of engines, agricultural machinery and equipment and components for the metallurgical, railway and automotive industry; (iv) was a member of the Board of Directors of Ultrapar Participações S.A. between 2002 and 2020, a publicly held company whose main activity is the application of equity in trade, industry, agriculture and the provision of services; and (v) He was a member of the Board of Directors of Itaú-Unibanco from 2012 to 2017. From 1972 to 1990, he worked at the National Bank for Economic and Social Development – BNDES, where he was Director from 1987 to 1990. From 1990 to 1994, he was Corporate General Manager of The Iochpe-Maxion Holding Industry Group and, from 1995 to 2008, he was President Director of Perdigão S.A. From 2007 to April 2013, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of BRF – Brasil Foods, whose company has a publicly-based activity in industrialization, marketing and food exploration in general.

Graduated in economics and law, with an MBA and with several courses at universities in the USA and Europe, he has a long international career as an executive and member of boards in the financial and AGRO-related sectors, from Asia to the Americas. Since 2023, he has been a member of the advisory board of one of the largest universities in China – Zhejiang University International Business School (ZIBS), as one of the members of the international board and is part of the Advisory Board of FRUX Capital, a large investment fund in Europe, based in Madrid. He is currently president of the Board of Directors of Vibra Energia, one of the largest companies in Brazil, formerly known as BR Distribuidora. He also holds the Presidency of the Board of Directors of Ebury Partners, in London, a global fintech that offers cross-border exchange and payments solutions that boost foreign trade and digital business between several countries. Additionally, he is a member of the board of Brazil Foods (BRF), the largest national food company, and a member of the board of directors of Delta Airlines in the USA for over nine years. On the topic of ESG, he is a member of the global board of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), one of the largest environmental NGOs in the world, based in the USA, and co-chair of the business council focused on environmental conservation in Latin America (LACC). Before that, he was also chairman of the Board and Executive President of Santander Brasil until January 2023 and was also part of the board of the Santander group in Spain. As an executive, he served on the global executive committee of ABN AMRO in Amsterdam, Senior Executive Director at Bear Stearns in New York, Global CFO of Cargill in Minneapolis and CEO of Marfrig Foods, one of the largest beef companies in the world.

Graduated in Law from PUC in Rio de Janeiro, he worked at Agência Roberto de Automóveis and then as an operator at the Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange. In 1970 he became a partner at Corretora Multiplic and was president of Banco London Multiplic until 1985. He was director and president of ANBID – National Association of Investment Banks (1983/85) and Member of the Board of Cia. Souza Cruz. Elected constituent deputy in 1986, by the PMDB, he was deputy leader of Mário Covas. He was the founder of the PSDB in 1988 and president of the party in Rio until 1993. Elected federal deputy in 1994, the following year he took over the State Secretariat of Industry, Commerce and Tourism when he attracted economic and industrial projects to the state, including the Volkswagen factories and Peugeot, which started the modern automobile hub in Southern Fluminense. In 1996, he was appointed Ambassador of Brazil to the IOC to lead Rio’s bid for the 2004 Olympics. In 1998, he was re-elected federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro. He then held the position of deputy leader of Deputy Luiz Eduardo Magalhães and leader of the Government after his death. In March 2000 he was elected President of the Constitution, Justice and Writing Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. In 2002 he was re-elected Federal Deputy for his fourth term. From 2001 to 2005, he was Municipal Health Secretary of the City of Rio de Janeiro. In 1994, he was founder of the Preservale Institute. In 2001 he founded the São Fernando Institute, in Vassouras, RJ. In 2016, together with his son, he founded the Instituto República and in 2017 the Instituto Vassouras Cultural.

Has a degree in computer science from the Catholic University of Pelotas and a specialization in Corporate Finance and Management from FGV and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. He has also an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a specialization for CEOs from the Harvard Business School. Between 2011 and 2017, he was Partner-President and CEO of FALCONI. He was member of the Boards of Directors of Banco Pan (2011 – 2017), PDG (2012 – 2016), Terra Santa Agro (2016 – 2018) and Hospital Moinhos de Vento (since 2016). He was a member of Fundação Estudar Deliberative Council between 2012 and 2017. In addition, he was CEO of Banrisul and IR Executive Officer (2010 – 2011) and member of CdA (2008 – 2011), Director/Undersecretary of the Treasury of Rio Grande do Sul (2007 – 2008), Secretary of Planning and Management of Rio Grande do Sul (2008 – 2009). He also served in the Federal Senate (2006), in the Ministry of Finance (2004 – 2005) and in the Secretariat of Finance of Rio Grande do Sul (1993 – 2002).

Graduated in Law from UniEvangélica, postgraduate in Public Law from the University of Rio Verde (FESURV / Axioma Jurídica) and has an MBA in Financial Business from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He has experience in wealth and investment management, with solid expertise in the area of investments for the private banking (onshore and offshore), retail banking and closed pension markets, having worked in the business and strategic management of various business segments – individuals, rural producers and private clients in Brazil and the United States of America.
In the last five years, he served as executive manager of Banco do Brasil (Brasília/DF), having been responsible for implementing the Funding and Investments Unit, a strategic unit responsible for the journey of Banco do Brasil’s investor clients in the retail segment (2017 – 2020 ); general manager at Banco do Brasil (Miami/USA), responsible for the relationship with account holders of the BB Miami branch, which covers the private banking segments and expatriate civil servants of the federal government (2020 – 2023); since 2023, he has served as Director of Investments at the Banco do Brasil Employees’ Pension Fund – PREVI, being responsible for the allocation and management of PREVI’s investments; and in 2024 he was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Guarulhos International Airport Concessionaire (GRU).

Graduated in Accounting Sciences from UFRGS (2001) and in Law from PUCRS (2021). Postgraduate degree in Business Management from IBMEC/SP (2008) and UFRGS (2006). He has professional experience built in Brazil, Mexico, USA and India, serving as Controller at Iochpe-Maxion (1992-1998), Dell (1999-2002) and York (2002-2003), Audit Director at Tam (2009-2010) and at CSN (2015) and as Financial Director at RSB Transmissions (2014-2015) and Superbac Biotech (2016). At Gerdau he served as Corporate Audit Manager (2004-2009) and Controller in India (2011-2014). He was an Independent Board Member at Banrisul (2018-2019) and at Petrobras Transportes (2018-2022). He served as an Independent Fiscal Advisor at Falconi Consultores (2015-2017), at General Shoppings (2019-2022) and at Marisa Lojas (2020-2022). He served as an Independent Member of the Audit Committees of Petrobras Transportes (2018-2022), CEEE-RS (2019-2022) and Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (2019-2021). He is currently (i) Independent Fiscal Advisor at SANEPAR; (ii) Substitute Fiscal Councilor at Metalúrgica Gerdau, (iii) Substitute Fiscal Councilor at Assaí Atacadista, (iv) Substitute Fiscal Councilor at Saraiva Livreiros S.A., (v) Substitute Fiscal Councilor at Positivo Tecnologia S.A and (vi) Substitute Fiscal Councilor at OI S.A.

He holds a degree in Accounting and a postgraduate degree in Accounting and Financial Administration from the São Judas Tadeu College of Accounting Sciences in São Paulo. Since March 2, 2020, he has held the position of CEO of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC). In July 2021, he was appointed to coordinate the Audit Committee of Hospital Sírio Libanês. He developed his career in the audit areas of Deloitte and KPMG. From 2008 to 2017, he was CEO of KPMG Brazil, accumulating, in 2015, the position of CEO of KPMG South America. On October 1, 2017, he assumed the roles of COO for South America and Client and Market Leader for South America until his retirement from the firm in early 2020. He has also actively participated in other levels of governance at KPMG International, KPMG Americas and KPMG South America. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of IBRACON – Brazilian Institute of Independent Auditors between 2009 and 2010. He was also a member of the Governance Committee of Amcham Brasil and an executive of the Union of Accounting Firms – SESCON. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors and Coordinator of the Audit Committee of Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A.