He is an Effective Member of Vale's Fiscal Council (since April 2022). His main professional experiences in the last 5 years include: (i) Member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank for Economic and Social Development – BNDES (since March 2020); (ii) Member of the Board of Directors of the MAPFRE Group, specialist in the insurance, financial, health and assistance sectors (since June 2019); (iii) Member of the Fiscal Council of Braskem (from May 2020 to April 2022), a publicly-held company in the chemical and petrochemical sector; (iv) Member of the Fiscal Council of Fundação Boticário (since April 2020), a non-profit organization maintained by Grupo Boticário; (v) Member of the Audit Committee of Brasilseg (since September 2020), a BB Seguros company, the holding company that concentrates Banco do Brasil's insurance business; (vi) Voluntary member of the councils of the UN Global Compact, GRI and Missão Portas Abertas (since 2020); (vii) General Director of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance – IBGC (between April 2001 and January 2020); (viii) Member of the Board of the Association of Supporters of the Acquisitions and Mergers Committee – ACAF (B3, Anbima and IBGC) (between 2015 and 2019); (ix) Advisor to ICGN – International Corporate Governance Network (between 2012 and 2014), an institution that brings together the largest global pension and investment funds based in London; (x) President of ICGLA – Network of Corporate Governance Institutes in Latin America (between 2012 and 2014); (xi) Member of the Board of MAPFRE Seguradora de Garantias e Créditos S.A. (between 2000 and 2012); (xii) Member of the Advisory Board of the ABN AMRO Asset Management Ethical Fund (between 2002 and 2010); (xiii) Member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Sustainability Studies at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (between 2002 and 2006); and (xiv) member of the Advisory Board of the BMF&Bovespa Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) (between 2005 and 2010). He graduated in Economics from the State University of Campinas – UNICAMP (1983) and Accounting Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (1985); Specialized in Corporate Governance from Yale University (2003) and in Board of Directors from Chicago University (2007); as well as a master's degree in Business Administration from Mackenzie University (2008). He is certified by IBGC for the Board of Directors, Fiscal Council and Audit Committee.