Graduated in 1980 in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), in 1984 he completed a master’s degree in Business Administration at COPPEAD/UFRJ. He took several specialization courses in the accounting and tax areas and an extension course in tax procedural law. He was CFO of Greenpeople Indústria e Comércio de Alimentos (2019 to 2020), Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations at Mills Estruturas e Serviços S.A. (1999 to 2015), Controller of SC Johnson (1989 to 1999). He also worked at Montrealbank and Swedish Match Brasil. Since 2016, he has been providing consultancy in corporate finance and serving on corporate boards. He was a member of the fiscal councils of the companies Westwing Comércio Varejista S.A, Smartcoat Serviços em Revestimento S.A., a subsidiary of Priner S.A., on the advisory board of HIRSA Sistemas de Automação e Controle and currently on the board of directors of DEXXOS Participações S.A.
Mr. Marcello has over thirty years of experience in Strategy, Business Development, Operations, Supply Chain and Sustainability. He worked at Exxon, Alcoa, ALL, Alpargatas, CSN and Natura. He was also international director in the “operations practice” at Booz Allen Hamilton. In 2014, he joined Fornax Assessoria Ltda. as Operating Partner. He has been actively involved in eight portfolio companies, via advisory boards, committees, interim management or transformational projects. In 2010, he also began working as a consultant in closed, family-owned companies undergoing professional development. Since then he has served on ten boards, currently serving as chairman of the Boards of RHMED.
Senior partner at Argucia Capital Management since 2005. He served as Investment Superintendent at Mellon Global Investments Brasil (Portfolio Manager), being responsible for the variable income area from 1998 to 2005. Previously, in 1997, he worked at Brookfield Asset Management (Bank Brascan), where he was later responsible for transferring funds to the joint venture that created Mellon Brascan Asset Management, which became BNY Mellon Arx. Between 1994 and 1997 he worked at Banco Gulfinvest managing variable income operations for the bank’s treasury and the variable income fund portfolio. Between 1992 and 1994 he worked at Banco Nacional as an Analyst.
Ricardo Magalhães has a degree in Electrical Engineering, emphasis on Systems (1992) from PUC–Rio, with a Postgraduate degree in Financial Engineering from PUC-Rio in 2000. He has a Master’s degree in Production Engineering (concentration in Investment and Finance analysis) from PUC -Rio (July/2003). He studied the PEC in Corporate Law and Capital Markets at FGVDireito Rio in 2003. He graduated in OPM from Harvard Business School. He served as Fiscal Councilor of Refinaria Ipiranga in 2007/2008 and on the Fiscal Council of Contax 2010/2011. CESP 2018/19, Smiles Fidelidade from 2018 to 2021, and Neoenergia Elekro Redes since 2018. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Caixa Econômica Federal since February 2022. Holds the CFA certification granted by the CFA Institute and is a member of CFA Society Brazil. Ricardo participated in the ANBIMA Equity Fund Committee and the AMEC Technical Committee and is a member of the global governance committee of the Entrepreneurs Organization, and was president and financial director of the Rio de Janeiro chapter of the Entrepreneurs Organization.