Management and Committees

Mr. Ribeiro has been the chairman of the board of directors since April 2023, holds degrees in Business Administration and Law, an MBA in Finance and a graduate degree in Economics. His 35 years of experience in the financial markets include stints at Banco da Patagônia in Argentina and Banco do Brasil, where he was CEO from 2021 to January 2023.

Ms. Erika Lopes Tornice, has a degree in business administration with an emphasis on marketing from ESPM, and an MBA in marketing from Fundação Dom Cabral. She has 20 years of experience in global services and technology/SaaS organizations including American Express, Vivo, Microsoft, Intuit and RD Station, where she has been Chief Revenue Officer since 2018.  She is also a speaker and mentor for startups through Endeavor.

Mr. Doern has been a member of the board of directors since March 2023 and member of the Non-Statutory Audit Committee and coordinator of the ESG Committee since April 2023. Mr. Doern holds a degree in Production Engineering and graduate degrees in Marketing and Controllership, and has completed a non-degree program in Corporate Governance and Risk Management. He worked for over 20 years as specialist in corporate restructuring, leading organizational transformation processes, and was one of the pioneers in Brazil to serve as interim CEO during diverse turnaround processes. He is a Director and Member of the Audit Committee certified by the Brazilian Corporate Governance Institute (IBGC) in the “plus” category and has been director and member of advisory committees, such as Audit, Strategy, People and Innovation committees, over the last 18 years. He was Chairman of the Board at Track & Field, Rascal Group of restaurants, Leforte Hospitals and FCC Indústria e Comércio, as well as member of the boards of Mater Group and Kinoplex. He has been professor of Corporate Governance and director training programs at IBGC for more than 12 years.

Mr. Auricchio has been an independent member of the board of directors since April 2011 and Coordinator of the Photovoltaic Committee. He holds a degree of Technologist in Entrepreneurial Management and in Electrical and Electronics from Universidade Paulista and is concluding his MBA in Value Investing.

He has over 36 years of experience in the industrial area, having made his career at Mahle Metal Leve Group and serving as partner and Director of Safety/Robotics at the Módena Contric Group until May 2022. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Sabesp since May 2022, member of the Board of Directors of Paranapanema Group since April 2022 and was alternate member of the Audit Board of Unipar Group in 2017.

Mr. Eder Sá Alves Campos has degrees in business administration and economics, and an Executive MBA in business management from IBMEC. He has 15 years of experience in customer relations, digital transformation and innovation in the sanitation, agribusiness, family office, consulting and public sectors, having held leadership roles in both the private and public sectors.  He is currently director of customers and social solutions at Fundação Dom Cabral.

Mr. Funchal has been a member of the board of auditors of the Company since 2013. He is an economist, graduated in naval engineering from Escola Politécnica of the University of São Paulo – USP, in Economics from Faculdade de Economia e Administração of USP and Master of Energy Economics from the Instituto de Eletrotécnica e Energia of USP.

Mr. Funchal served as project finance manager at Banco Itaú, director of business development at Elucid Group, managing director at ARMATEK, and lead partner of the mergers and acquisitions practice at Grant Thornton. Currently, he is a partner at ZF Partners Strategy Advisory. 

Mr. Fróes has been a member of the board of auditors of the Company since 2022. Mr. Fróes is accountant and lawyer, has been working in the accounting and controllership areas for over 30 years, with solid experience in corporations in the construction, real estate development, steel and telecommunication sectors, among others.

He was a teacher of accounting at Faculdades Integradas de Pedro Leopoldo in Minas Gerais. He is the managing partner of PROSSIG Gestão Integrada em Serviços Contábeis Ltda., headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, which provides accounting and financial management services to companies in diverse segments, and the Chief Administrative and Financial Officer of Bio Prolab Laboratório de Controle de Qualidade Ltda., also headquartered in Belo Horizonte, which operates in the fields of microbiological analysis of air, food, water, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.

Mr. Valmir Pedro Rossi, Brazilian, has graduate degrees in finance from the University of Caxias do Sul and in marketing from PUC Rio de Janeiro, as well as an MBA in general administration from USP and business management from UNB-Brasília.  He built his career working as an accountant at Casfor and Bertol S.A and as a member of the board of directors and fiscal council at Gerdau S.A, Brasilprev S.A, CSN S.A, Banco da Amazônia, BB Seguridade and Kleper S.A.  He is currently a member of the fiscal council of Cadam S.A and Randon S.A.

Mr. Pedro Zannoni, Brazilian, has a law degree from Universidade Paulista and an MBA in business administration, and has completed an executive development program at Wharton Business School.  He built his career in global companies such as Amer Sports, Puma Sports, Adidas, Asics and Lacoste, where he serves as the CEO.

Mr. Ruiz has been an alternate member of the board of auditors of the Company since 2021. Mr. Ruiz is founding partner of AGF and Boa Vista Investimentos. He held senior management positions at Restaurant Brands International (3G Capital), Booz & Company, General Motors and Mercedes-Benz, among others. 

Mr. Silva has been an alternate member of the board of auditors of the Company since March 2023. Mr. Silva is an Accountant and has been working in taxation for over 27 years, focusing on real estate businesses in the last 13 years. He was Tax Manager at Deloitte for 10 years, Head of Taxes at MRV&Co, and is currently responsible for the tax area focusing on real estate businesses at the law firm Lacerda Diniz Sena Advogados. Moreover, he is a social entrepreneur, board member of Galo Institute, member of the Movement for a Culture of Giving and Ambassador of Conscious Capitalism in Brazil.

Mr. Andrade has been CEO of the Company since 2023. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from UNICAMP and an International Executive MBA from FIA/USP, besides completing extension programs at the University of Cambridge, Vanderbilt and Lion. In his career spanning 36 years, he has worked as CEO, COO, executive officer and executive manager in Brazilian and international companies, such as Nestlé, Unilever, Parmalat, Cremer, Amanco Mexichem, Avery Dennison, Associated British Foods, Griffith Labs, Atmosfera Grupo Elis, Enova Foods, Rio Branco Alimentos, Polinutri, Peccin, Eternit, Phitta Mask and Bauducco. Currently, in addition to being CEO of Eternit, he is COO of Bauducco.

Mr. Inácio has been chief sales and marketing officer since 2017. He has a degree in mechanical engineering and has postgraduate degrees in marketing and finance. He started his career in 1994 in management of business units, marketing, strategic planning and sales, gaining solid experience as executive officer or CEO of Krona Tubos e Conexões S.A. Nicoll (Aliaxis Group), Sasazaki - Portas e Janelas, Amanco Brasil and Amanco Argentina (Mexichem Group).

Mr. Mallmann has been chief administrative, financial, human resources and investor relations officer since October 2018. He has undergraduate and master’s degrees in chemical engineering, and has completed a non-degree program in economic engineering and industrial administration from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), has MBAs from COPPEAD and in finance from IBMEC, and has completed the Board of Directors Program at the Brazilian Corporate Governance Institute (IBGC). He built his career in the petrochemical sector, gathering solid experience as CEO of Quattor and vice president of UNIPAR, having also worked at Petroquisa and Grupo Ultra. Currently, he is an executive officer at Eternit and a director at UNIPAR.

Mr. Reichert has been chief industrial officer since 2021. Mr. Reichert holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos and a graduate degree in Organizational Planning & Management from the University of Pernambuco. The executive has solid experience in the construction industry acquired as Chief Industrial Officer of Saint Gobain Group.

Mr. Bretas has been an Independent Specialist of the Non-Statutory Audit Committee since December 2022. Bretas is obtained a degree in accounting from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in 1996 and is currently studying law at Faculdade Universo de Goiânia. He has been working in accounting and tax consulting for 27 years.He was head of the tax consulting practice at the EY office in Goiânia, Goiás, for 7 years and also led the controllership teams in the telecommunications and PVC industry sectors.As part of his nationwide responsibility, he implemented federal and state tax incentives in the companies where he worked and also oversaw tax compliance. Bretas is currently a partner at Valloriza Consultoria and Gestão de Negócios Ltda.