Maria Salete Garcia Pinheiro

Graduated in Accounting Sciences with an MBA in Finance from IBMEC and a business training program from the University of Ontario, Canada. Maria Salete is certified by the CFC to work in Auditing Financial Institutions and by IBGC to work on Boards of Directors and Fiscal Councils. Served as Member of the Board of Directors and Coordinator of the Audit Committee of HPX Corp, a company registered with the SEC (2020/2023). He was also a member of the Supervisory Board of BR Distribuidora (2019/2021) and Jereissati Participações S.A. (2020/2022). For 23 years, she worked as a partner at Big4 Independent Audit (1979/2018). Currently, she serves as Fiscal Advisor for Equatorial Energia S.A. and Equatorial Pará Distrib. Energia S.A., in addition to Coordinating the Audit Committee of Banco Modal S.A., HDI Seguros S.A. and Icatu Seguros S.A. She is also part of the Audit Committee and the People, Eligibility, Succession and Remuneration Committee of BNDES.