Statutory Officers
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of election | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adalmario Ghovatto Satheler do Couto | 06/09/1981 | 04/26/2018 | Officer |
| Mr. Adalmario is the Innovation and Business Development Executive Officer of Hypera Pharma and, since 2025, leads the Skincare business unit. Before joining the Company in 2016, Mr. Adalmario worked for more than 10 years as Portfolio Manager in New York, for Brasilpar and for HSBC Bank in Brazil. Mr. Adalmario holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-SP) and is a CFA charter holder from the CFA Institute. | |||
| Breno Toledo Pires de Oliveira | 10/03/1975 | 04/26/2018 | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) |
| Mr. Breno is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since 2018. Mr. Breno holds a bachelor’s degree from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He started his career at Banco Bozano, Simonsen in 1997 and since then has held various positions in the financial area, including asset management and investment analysis. He started working for Hypera Pharma in 2008 as Financial Planning and Investor Relations Officer | |||
| Juliana Aguinaga Damião Salem | 01/16/1984 | 04/28/2022 | Officer |
| Ms. Juliana Aguinaga Damião Salem is the executive officer responsible for the legal and compliance areas. She joined Hypera Pharma in 2008 as senior lawyer, responsible for the corporate, mergers and acquisitions and regulatory areas, participating in more than 25 acquisitions and divestments carried out by the Company. Since 2013, she became responsible for the Company’s legal department, including the corporate, intellectual property, civil, labor, environmental and real estate areas, among others. She has actively participated since 2016 in the implementation of the Company’s new Integrity Program, including the disclosure of the code of conduct and other policies. She began her career in 2001 in the capital markets and mergers and acquisitions area at Machado, Meyer, Sendaz e Ópice Advogados, where she remained until 2008, before joining the Company. Ms. Juliana Aguinaga Damião Salem has a law degree from Universidade Cândido Mendes and has been a member of the Brazilian Bar Association since then. | |||
| Rafael Vito Batista | 10/31/1985 | 01/28/2025 | Officer |
| Mr. Rafael Vito Batista is the Company’s Chief Operations Officer since 2020, and currently he is also responsible for the Supply Chain, S&OP, Digital and Market Intelligence areas. Mr. Rafael holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Centro Universitário do Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia and an MBA from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and has over fifteen years of professional experience in the financial market, having worked for Banco Santander and Banco Votorantim. | |||
| Ramon Sanches Frutuoso Silva | 11/13/1987 | 02/24/2022 | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and IRO |
| Mr. Ramon Sanches Frutuoso Silva is the Company’s CFO and IRO. Mr. Ramon joined the Company in 2013 and holds a bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo. Since 2019, acted as the Company’s Finance Director, having previously led areas of strategic projects, M&A, S&OP and portfolio management. | |||
Board of Directors
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of election | Position | Period since the 1st Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Álvaro Stainfeld Link | 07/29/1970 | 04/25/2025 | Chairman of the Board of Directors | 11 years |
| Mr. Álvaro is the Chairman of Hypera Pharma, having acted as member of the Board of Directors since 2014. He is a senior officer at MC Capital Group and held several positions at Goldman Sachs & Co, including Vice President of Investment Banking in New York, participating in various mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity issuances. Mr. Álvaro graduated in accounting from Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay, and holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, at Stanford University. Mr. Alvaro is also member of the People Committee of Hypera Pharma since 2025 and member of the Governance and Sustainability Committee of Hypera Pharma since 2023. | ||||
| Bernardo Malpica Hernández | 01/27/1966 | 04/25/2025 | Member of the Board of Directors | 18 years |
| Mr. Bernardo is member of the Company’s Board of Directors since 2007 and member of the Governance and Sustainability Committee since 2025. Mr. Bernardo is a partner at Praemia, S.C., a Mexican investment bank, since 2004. From 2001 to 2003, he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions at ING Bank, Mexico. Mr. Bernardo also served as financial advisor at Artikos, an e-commerce joint venture between Banamex and Commerce One, between 2000 and 2001. From 1996 to 2000, he served as an Investment Banking Officer at Operadora de Bolsa Serfin. Mr. Bernardo holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Universidad Iberoamericana and an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. | ||||
| Cláudio Ermirio de Moraes | 09/15/1964 | 04/25/2025 | Member of the Board of Directors | – years |
| Mr. Cláudio holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Votorantim S.A. and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Citrosuco. Previously, he served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nexa Resources (NYSE: NEXA) and Votorantim Finanças S.A., as well as Chief Executive Officer of Citrovita Agroindustrial Ltda. | ||||
| Eliana Helena de Gregório Ambrosio Chimenti | 06/28/1962 | 04/25/2025 | Independent Member of the Board of Directors | 2 years |
| Ms. Eliana has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2023 and member of the Statutory Audit Committee since 2025. She holds a law degree from the Universidade de São Paulo and a continuing education degree from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. She practices Corporate Law with a focus on public company regulation, mainly in corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. Currently, she is a partner at the law firm “Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Ópice Advogados”, where she works since 2001 in the capital markets area, having acted in the last years in several themes such as public offerings of distribution of shares and debt securities. | ||||
| Esteban Malpica Fomperosa | 07/16/1949 | 04/25/2025 | Member of the Board of Directors | 18 years |
| Mr. Esteban has been member of the Company’s Board of Directors since 2007 and partner in Praemia, SC, a Mexican investment bank, since 2004. Mr. Esteban is currently member of the Board of Directors of important companies in Mexico, such as El Puerto de Liverpool, S.A.B. de C.V.; Kimberly Clark of Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V.; and Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V.. Between 1995 and 2001, he was Executive Vice-President of the Banamex – Accival S.A. de C.V. Financial Group. From 1992 to 1995 he was the Vice-President of the Mexican Stock Exchange and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mexico Equity & Income Fund. From 1978 to 1995 he worked for Acciones y Valores de México, as securities broker, as General Officer, Corporate Finance Officer, Stock Analysis Officer and Sales Officer. Mr. Esteban graduated in 1971 in accounting from Universidad Iberoamericana of Mexico City, and later completed an MBA at University of Notre Dame in 1974. | ||||
| João Alves de Queiroz Filho | 10/27/1952 | 04/25/2025 | Member of the Board of Directors | – years |
| Mr. João Alves de Queiroz Filho founded Arisco with his father in 1969 and served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors for over 20 years. He is the founder of Hypera and initiated the Company’s operations in December 2001 when he acquired Prátika Industrial Ltda., the owner of the Assolan brand, operating in the hygiene and cleaning market. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hypera until 2018, contributing to the definition of acquisition and divestment strategies, as well as the consolidation and strengthening of Hypera in the pharmaceutical market. | ||||
| João Henrique Batista de Souza Schmidt | 02/16/1979 | 04/25/2025 | Member of the Board of Directors | – years |
| Mr. João graduated in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV/SP) and is Chief Executive Officer of Votorantim S.A. since March 2020. Currently, he is member of the People Committee of Hypera Pharma, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banco BV, CCR, and Auren, and member of the Board of Directors of 23S Capital. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Amcham – the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil and FCLT Global (Focusing Capital on the Long Term), as well as a member of the Chairman’s International Advisory Council of the Americas Society / Council of the Americas. He began his career at Votorantim in 2014 as Corporate Development Director. Prior to joining Votorantim, he was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking division at Goldman Sachs. He previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Fibria (NYSE: FBR), Votorantim Energia, Citrosuco, Votorantim Siderurgia, and Nexa Resources (NYSE: Nexa), and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of CESP – Companhia Energética de São Paulo. | ||||
| Luciana Cavalheiro Fleischner Alves de Queiroz | 06/05/1974 | 04/25/2025 | Member of the Board of Directors | 18 years |
| Ms. Luciana is member of the Company’s Board of Directors since 2007 and member of the People Committee since 2025. She graduated in Food Engineering from Escola de Engenharia Mauá and began her career in 1996 as food engineer at Arisco, having participated in its sale to Best Foods in 2000. She worked in finance, planning, product marketing, mergers and acquisitions areas at Goldman Sachs, Arisco, Best Foods and Unilever. She is currently investment director at LCM Partners and Stan Incorporadora. | ||||
| Mauro Gentile Rodrigues da Cunha | 11/06/1971 | 04/25/2025 | Independent Member of the Board of Directors | 2 years |
| Mr. Mauro Rodrigues da Cunha is an independent director with almost 30 years of experience in capital markets and corporate governance, and currently he is also member of the People Committee of Hypera Pharma. He was the CEO of the Associação de Investidores no Mercado de Capitais – AMEC (“the Capital Markets Investors’ Association”) between 2012 and 2019. In the that capacity, he led an organization of 60 institutional investors with app. USD 150 billion under management in Brazilian equities, aiming to improve capital markets and shareholder rights. Before that, he has worked for 18 years in several asset management companies, such as Opus, Mauá, Bradesco Templeton, Investidor Profissional, Banco Pactual, Morgan Stanley Asset Management and Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, among others. He has also served as a director (2003-2009) and Chairman of the Board of IBGC (2007-2009) – one of the largest corporate governance institutes in the world. Mr. Cunha has been serving as a member of boards of directors or supervisory boards in Brazilian companies since 1999. In 2013 he became the first independent director nominated by minority investors in Petrobras. Between 2019 and 2020 he served as Chairman of the Board of Caixa Economica Federal. Previous engagements include Vale, brMalls, Totvs, Eletrobras, Usiminas, CESP, Mahle Metal Leve, among others. He is currently a board member of Embraer (member of the Audit Committee), AES Brasil (member of the Sustainability Committee), Hypera Pharma and Klabin. Mr. Cunha holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from PUC-Rio an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is certified by the NACD (NACD.DC), CFA Institute (CFA since 1997), IBGC (CCA+/CC+), Anbima (CGA), and Apimec (CNPI). | ||||
| Rachel de Oliveira Maia | 01/30/1971 | 04/25/2025 | Independent Member of the Board of Directors | – years |
| Ms. Rachel de Oliveira Maia is member of the Governance and Sustainability Committee since 2025. She holds a degree in Accounting from FMU and has completed executive education programs at Harvard Business School, Fundação Dom Cabral, and the University of Victoria. She has over 20 years of leadership experience in the private sector, having served as CEO of Lacoste Brazil, Pandora Brazil, and Tiffany & Co. Brazil. Founder of RM Consulting, Rachel also created Instituto Capacita-me, an initiative focused on training and employability. She has served on the Boards of Directors of Banco do Brasil, Vale S.A., Grupo Soma, CVC Corp, and Grupo GPA. | ||||
Fiscal Council
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of election | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjarbas Guerra Neto | 06/01/1976 | 04/25/2025 | Sitting Member |
| Mr. Adjarbas Guerra Neto holds a certification as an Experienced Audit Committee Member issued by the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC) and has over 28 years of professional experience in independent auditing, controllership, compliance, risk and crisis management, internal controls (SOX), and forensic investigations. He holds a Master’s degree in Finance and Controllership from PUC/SP, an MBA in Capital Markets from FEA/USP, and a specialization in Corporate Governance: Effectiveness and Accountability in the Boardroom from Kellogg. He currently serves on the Audit and Risk Committees of DEXCO S.A. and ALGAR S.A., as well as the Fiscal Councils of Embraer S.A. and Banco Votorantim S.A. He previously served on audit committees and boards of companies such as Votorantim Cimentos, Veracel Celulose, and Fibria Celulose. | |||
| Edgard Massao Raffaelli | 03/11/1963 | 04/25/2025 | Alternate Member |
| Mr. Edgard is an alternate member of the Company’s Fiscal Council since 2013. He is a Public Administrator from EAESP-FGV. In 1988, he began his career as a Trainee at Banco Safra S.A., where he worked for over 20 years in the areas of controllership (APC, International Controllership and Planning and Investment Management-Telecom) and corporate governance (Secretary of the Executive Committee). He was a professor at FOC-FAEC (Oswaldo Cruz College of Economics, Management and Accounting Sciences) between 2003 and 2007. He is a founding partner of Rio Branco Consultores Associados, which, since 2010, provides economic and financial consulting services to companies. He is a member of the Fiscal Councils of the following companies: Hypera S.A., Rio Paranapanema Energia S.A., Construtora Adolpho Lindenberg S.A. and Whirlpool S.A.). | |||
| Everson Zaczuk Bassinello | 07/27/1976 | 04/25/2025 | Alternate Member |
| Mr. Everson Zaczuk Bassinello has over 20 years of experience in Governance, Risk, and Compliance, with senior-level involvement and reporting to Boards of Directors and CEOs. He currently serves as an independent member of the Related Party Transactions and Risk & Internal Controls Committees at SABESP, and as advisor to the Board of UISA Bioenergia on matters related to internal audit, controls, and risk management. Until 2024, he was Chair of the Compliance Committee at Cetrel and served as global head (COO + CRO + CAE) of Risk Management, Internal Controls, Compliance, and Internal Audit at Braskem. | |||
| Marcelo Curti | 01/09/1962 | 04/25/2025 | Sitting Member |
| Mr. Marcelo is a sitting member of the Company’s Fiscal Council since 2013. He is an Economist graduated from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP) in 1985, with a post-graduate degree in business administration from Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado (FECAP) in 1986. He is Managing Partner of Rio Branco Consultores Associados. He worked at Grupo Safra from 1981 to 2008, when he held the position of Statutory Director. Currently, besides Hypera, he is a member of the Fiscal Council of the following companies: Cosan, Rumo, Comgás, CTG Paranapanema, Whirpool, Construtora Adolpho Lindenberg, Vicunha Aços, Vicunha Steel and Elizabeth S.A.. | |||
| Valdir Augusto Assunção | 06/28/1963 | 04/25/2025 | Alternate Member |
| Mr. Valdir has over 35 years of experience in auditing financial statements and internal controls of national and multinational companies of various sizes, including 21 years as a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes (PwC), 7 years as CEO of PwC’s operations in the interior of the State of São Paulo, and 3 years as a Member of the Board of Directors of PwC Brazil. He has extensive knowledge in Governance, Compliance, Due Diligence, IPOs, as well as BR GAAP, IFRS, US GAAP, and the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOx). Since 2020, he has been serving as a member of Audit Committees, People Committees, and Fiscal Councils of both public and private companies, including listed and non-listed companies. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant registered with the Regional Accounting Council (CRC). He is also a registered Independent Auditor with the Brazilian Institute of Independent Auditors (IBRACON), the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), and the Central Bank of Brazil (BACEN). He holds a Fiscal Council Member Certification from the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC) and an international accounting certification (IFRS) from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). | |||
| Valdir Renato Coscodai | 04/01/1962 | 04/25/2025 | Sitting Member |
| Mr. Valdir holds degrees in Accounting and Mathematics from the Catholic Universities of Pernambuco and São Paulo, an MBA in Finance from Ibmec, and is a certified Board Member by the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC). From 2021 to 2023, he served as Chairman of Ibracon – the Brazilian Institute of Independent Auditors – and was an ex officio member of its Board of Directors. During the same period, he was also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Fundação de Apoio ao Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis (FACPC). Previously, from 2010 to 2015, he served as a Board Member and Latin America representative at the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) in New York, which sets international auditing, quality control, and related services standards. Between 1984 and 2024, he worked in external auditing, having been a Partner at PwC responsible for auditing services for national and international publicly traded companies and serving as Assurance Risk and Quality Leader. He is the author of several articles on auditing and co-author and coordinator of the book series Manual de Contabilidade – IFRS – CPC. | |||
Statutory Audit Committee
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of election | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carla Alessandra Trematore | 10/30/1975 | 06/17/2025 | Member of the Committee |
| Ms. Carla Alessandra Trematore has been a member of the Statutory Audit Committee of Hypera Pharma since 2025. With a degree in Computer Science from Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP and in Accounting from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, she has served as a member of the Fiscal Councils of Embraer, Rumo, Cosan, Localiza, Ânima Educação and Natura&Co, and as a member of the Audit Committees of several companies in Brazil, such as Americanas S.A, since 2024, Allied Brasil, since 2021, and Cosan, since 2023. Additionally, she is also a member of the Board of Directors of BR Advisory Partners, CI&T and BRB – Banco de Brasília. | |||
| Eliana Helena de Gregório Ambrosio Chimenti | 06/28/1962 | 06/17/2024 | Member of the Committee |
| Ms. Eliana has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2023 and member of the Statutory Audit Committee since 2025. She holds a law degree from the Universidade de São Paulo and a continuing education degree from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. She practices Corporate Law with a focus on public company regulation, mainly in corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. Currently, she is a partner at the law firm “Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Ópice Advogados”, where she works since 2001 in the capital markets area, having acted in the last years in several themes such as public offerings of distribution of shares and debt securities. | |||
| Hugo Barreto Sodré Leal | 03/15/1976 | 06/17/2025 | Committee Coordinator |
| Mr. Hugo is member of the Company’s Board of Directors and member of the Statutory Audit Committee since 2019. He holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the School of Law of Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), is a specialist in Tax Law from the Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Tributários (IBET), Master of Tax Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) and Master of International Tax Law from the New York University School of Law (NYU). Since 2011, Mr. Hugo is partner at Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Sociedade de Advogados. | |||
People Committee
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of election | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Álvaro Stainfeld Link | 07/29/1970 | 06/17/2025 | Member of the Committee | |
| Mr. Álvaro is the Chairman of Hypera Pharma, having acted as member of the Board of Directors since 2014. He is a senior officer at MC Capital Group and held several positions at Goldman Sachs & Co, including Vice President of Investment Banking in New York, participating in various mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity issuances. Mr. Álvaro graduated in accounting from Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay, and holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, at Stanford University. Mr. Alvaro is also member of the People Committee of Hypera Pharma since 2025 and member of the Governance and Sustainability Committee of Hypera Pharma since 2023. | ||||
| Ana Lúcia Caltabiano | 01/16/1968 | 06/17/2025 | Committee Coordinator | |
| Ms. Ana Lúcia Caltabiano has been a member of Hypera Pharma’s People Committee since 2025. She holds a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, completed the Advanced Executive Program at Kellogg School of Management and worked for 10 years at P&G, holding several regional leadership positions in Human Resources. In 1999, she became Director of Human Resources for Latin America and the Caribbean for Hewlett Packard, and in 2009, she joined GE, holding several global leadership positions in Human Resources. Since December 2018, she has been a non-statutory advisory member of the Ayrton Senna Institute. | ||||
| João Henrique Batista de Souza Schmidt | 02/16/1979 | 06/17/2025 | Member of the Board of Directors | |
| Mr. João graduated in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV/SP) and is Chief Executive Officer of Votorantim S.A. since March 2020. Currently, he is member of the People Committee of Hypera Pharma, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banco BV, CCR, and Auren, and member of the Board of Directors of 23S Capital. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Amcham – the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil and FCLT Global (Focusing Capital on the Long Term), as well as a member of the Chairman’s International Advisory Council of the Americas Society / Council of the Americas. He began his career at Votorantim in 2014 as Corporate Development Director. Prior to joining Votorantim, he was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking division at Goldman Sachs. He previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Fibria (NYSE: FBR), Votorantim Energia, Citrosuco, Votorantim Siderurgia, and Nexa Resources (NYSE: Nexa), and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of CESP – Companhia Energética de São Paulo. | ||||
| Luciana Cavalheiro Fleischner Alves de Queiroz | 06/05/1974 | 06/17/2025 | Member of the Committee | |
| Ms. Luciana is member of the Company’s Board of Directors since 2007 and member of the People Committee since 2025. She graduated in Food Engineering from Escola de Engenharia Mauá and began her career in 1996 as food engineer at Arisco, having participated in its sale to Best Foods in 2000. She worked in finance, planning, product marketing, mergers and acquisitions areas at Goldman Sachs, Arisco, Best Foods and Unilever. She is currently investment director at LCM Partners and Stan Incorporadora. | ||||
| Mauro Gentile Rodrigues da Cunha | 11/06/1971 | 06/17/2025 | Member of the Committee | |
| Mr. Mauro Rodrigues da Cunha is an independent director with almost 30 years of experience in capital markets and corporate governance, and currently he is also member of the People Committee of Hypera Pharma. He was the CEO of the Associação de Investidores no Mercado de Capitais – AMEC (“the Capital Markets Investors’ Association”) between 2012 and 2019. In the that capacity, he led an organization of 60 institutional investors with app. USD 150 billion under management in Brazilian equities, aiming to improve capital markets and shareholder rights. Before that, he has worked for 18 years in several asset management companies, such as Opus, Mauá, Bradesco Templeton, Investidor Profissional, Banco Pactual, Morgan Stanley Asset Management and Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, among others. He has also served as a director (2003-2009) and Chairman of the Board of IBGC (2007-2009) – one of the largest corporate governance institutes in the world. Mr. Cunha has been serving as a member of boards of directors or supervisory boards in Brazilian companies since 1999. In 2013 he became the first independent director nominated by minority investors in Petrobras. Between 2019 and 2020 he served as Chairman of the Board of Caixa Economica Federal. Previous engagements include Vale, brMalls, Totvs, Eletrobras, Usiminas, CESP, Mahle Metal Leve, among others. He is currently a board member of Embraer (member of the Audit Committee), AES Brasil (member of the Sustainability Committee), Hypera Pharma and Klabin. Mr. Cunha holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from PUC-Rio an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is certified by the NACD (NACD.DC), CFA Institute (CFA since 1997), IBGC (CCA+/CC+), Anbima (CGA), and Apimec (CNPI). | ||||
Sustainability and Governance Committee
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of election | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Álvaro Stainfeld Link | 07/29/1970 | 06/17/2025 | Committee Coordinator | |
| Mr. Álvaro is the Chairman of Hypera Pharma, having acted as member of the Board of Directors since 2014. He is a senior officer at MC Capital Group and held several positions at Goldman Sachs & Co, including Vice President of Investment Banking in New York, participating in various mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity issuances. Mr. Álvaro graduated in accounting from Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay, and holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, at Stanford University. Mr. Alvaro is also member of the People Committee of Hypera Pharma since 2025 and member of the Governance and Sustainability Committee of Hypera Pharma since 2023. | ||||
| Bernardo Malpica Hernández | 01/27/1966 | 06/17/2025 | Member of the Committee | |
| Mr. Bernardo is member of the Company’s Board of Directors since 2007 and member of the Governance and Sustainability Committee since 2025. Mr. Bernardo is a partner at Praemia, S.C., a Mexican investment bank, since 2004. From 2001 to 2003, he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions at ING Bank, Mexico. Mr. Bernardo also served as financial advisor at Artikos, an e-commerce joint venture between Banamex and Commerce One, between 2000 and 2001. From 1996 to 2000, he served as an Investment Banking Officer at Operadora de Bolsa Serfin. Mr. Bernardo holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Universidad Iberoamericana and an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. | ||||
| João Henrique Batista de Souza Schmidt | 02/16/1979 | 06/17/2025 | Member of the Committee | |
| Mr. João graduated in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV/SP) and is Chief Executive Officer of Votorantim S.A. since March 2020. Currently, he is member of the People Committee of Hypera Pharma, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banco BV, CCR, and Auren, and member of the Board of Directors of 23S Capital. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Amcham – the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil and FCLT Global (Focusing Capital on the Long Term), as well as a member of the Chairman’s International Advisory Council of the Americas Society / Council of the Americas. He began his career at Votorantim in 2014 as Corporate Development Director. Prior to joining Votorantim, he was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking division at Goldman Sachs. He previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Fibria (NYSE: FBR), Votorantim Energia, Citrosuco, Votorantim Siderurgia, and Nexa Resources (NYSE: Nexa), and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of CESP – Companhia Energética de São Paulo. | ||||
| Rachel de Oliveira Maia | 01/30/1971 | 06/17/2025 | Member of the Committee | |
| Ms. Rachel de Oliveira Maia is member of the Governance and Sustainability Committee since 2025. She holds a degree in Accounting from FMU and has completed executive education programs at Harvard Business School, Fundação Dom Cabral, and the University of Victoria. She has over 20 years of leadership experience in the private sector, having served as CEO of Lacoste Brazil, Pandora Brazil, and Tiffany & Co. Brazil. Founder of RM Consulting, Rachel also created Instituto Capacita-me, an initiative focused on training and employability. She has served on the Boards of Directors of Banco do Brasil, Vale S.A., Grupo Soma, CVC Corp, and Grupo GPA. | ||||
Last updated on June 30, 2025.