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Nicolau Carvalho Esteves |
Co-Chairman of the Board |
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Nicolau Carvalho Esteves is the Chairman of our board of directors, a position he has held since June 2019. He is a qualified orthopedist and has over 25 years of experience in the education industry. He has been the Chairman of Afya Brazil since August 2016. He is the founding shareholder of the following companies, for which he served as Chief Executive Officer for the periods indicated (i) ITPAC – Instituto Tocantinense Presidente Antônio Carlos S.A. (1999-2016); (ii) ITPAC Porto Nacional – Instituto Tocantinense Presidente Antônio Carlos Porto S.A. (2008-2016); (iii) IPTAN – Instituto de Ensino Superior Presidente Tancredo de Almeida Neves S.A. (2003-2016) and (iv) Instituto de Educação Superior do Vale do Parnaíba S.A. (2016-2018). He holds a Medicine degree from Faculdade de Medicina de Barbacena, a master’s degree in Business Administration from FGV, a master’s degree in Corporate Finance from Fundação Dom Cabral, a master’s degree in Business Administration from FEAD and a Business Administration degree from AIEC.
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Kay Krafft |
Co-Chairman of the Board |
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Kay Krafft is the founding CEO of Bertelsmann Education Group. Until 2014, he was Chief Investment Officer of music rights management company BMG, building up the company from a start-up to a major player in the music industry through acquisitions as well as the establishment of an international presence. Before joining BMG’s Executive Board, he served as EVP and global head of M&A at Bertelsmann while implementing major portfolio adjustments during this time. Prior to joining Bertelsmann, Kay Krafft was a partner at professional services firm Deloitte.
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Shobhna Mohn |
Director |
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Shobhna Mohn is Chief Strategy Officer at Bertelsmann Investments. Currently, Shobhna is responsible for the strategic design and execution of Bertelsmann’s global VC investment funds in China, India, Brazil, US/Europe as well as investments in Africa and Southeast Asia. Her focus is on governance, insights, knowledge exchange, identification and steering of long-term strategic holdings. Main target areas of focus are on growth platforms such as e-commerce services, fintech, logistics, education and health. As member of the Investment Committees that evaluate and approve Bertelsmann’s VC investment targets, she has played a key role in the VC investments of over Euro 1.4 billion since 2006 in more than 380 Investments with a current global portfolio of 270 investments. Shobhna is a member of the Bertelsmann Group Management Committee since 2019. She has been at Bertelsmann since 1996 in various roles including Growth Regions Strategy, Investor Relations, and Venture Capital. She holds Bachelors (B.A.) and Masters degrees (both M.A. and M.Phil) in Mathematics from the Delhi University in India, and a M.Phil degree in Operations Research/Management Science from Columbia Business School in New York, USA.
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Benedikt Dalkmann |
Director |
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Mr. Benedikt Dalkmann is Chief Financial Officer of Bertelsmann Education Group. He has played a formative role in developing the Group since its foundation in 2015, including the expansion of Relias into a major player in US healthcare education through acquisitions, as well as the establishment of an international presence. Before joining the Education Group, Benedikt worked as Director of Strategy & Investments at Bertelsmann Group. Other experiences include a period in Venture Capital at Holtzbrinck, and in management consulting.
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Tina Krebs |
Director |
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Tina Krebs is the Chief People Officer of Bertelsmann Education Group and the Chief People Officer at Relias, a Bertelsmann Education Group company. Until 2020, Tina held multiple roles at Relias including VP, Client Care and VP, Integration, where she helped integrate multiple healthcare technology companies into the Relias portfolio. Before joining Relias, Tina Krebs was a partner at the professional services firm, ScottMadden Management Consultants.
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Renato Tavares Esteves |
Director |
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Renato Tavares Esteves is a member of our board of directors, a position he has held since June 2019. He has been a member of the board of directors of Afya Brazil since August 2016. He has been an executive officer of Afya Brazil and of the following companies: (i) Instituto de Educação Superior do Vale do Parnaíba S.A., UNIVAÇO – União Educacional do Vale do Aço S.A., IPTAN – Instituto de Ensino Superior Presidente Tancredo de Almeida Neves S.A., ITPAC – Instituto Tocantinense Presidente Antônio Carlos S.A. and Instituto de Ensino Superior do Piauí S.A., all since 2018, and (ii) ITPAC Porto Nacional – Instituto Tocantinense Presidente Antônio Carlos Porto S.A., from 2017 to 2018. He holds a Medicine degree from Faculdade de Medicina de Barbacena, and master’s degrees in Business Administration and Corporate Finance from FGV.
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Maria Tereza Azevedo |
Director |
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Maria Tereza Azevedo joined Softbank LatAm fund in 2021 as Investment Director leading the Education industry. Prior to joining Softbank, she was an Executive Director at Santander and Director at UBS Investment Bank leading the TMT strategy and LatAm Education and the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications teams, respectively. She has extensive experience in helping LatAm companies access the equity capital markets and holds a master’s degree in Corporate Finance and a bachelor’s degree in Economics Science from IBMEC. Maria Tereza also serves as a board member of Descomplica and UOL EdTech.
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João Paulo Seibel de Faria |
Independent Director |
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João Paulo Seibel de Faria has more than 25 years of experience in companies like Arthur Andersen S/C, Ericsson Telecomunicações and Microsoft. In this last one he spent 18 years in different leadership roles in Latin America and the US in Sales, Marketing and in Finance (last role as CFO in Brazil). Since October 2019 he has been working as Latin America CFO for Didi Chuxing (China Giant Mobility Company that owns 99 Tecnologia in Brazil).
Mr. Faria holds a bachelor degree in Business from FAAP and an Executive MBA from IBMEC Business School (both in Sao Paulo). Additionally he holds several executive sessions in leadership, strategy and global business environment from Fundação Dom Cabral, INSEAD and Devry.
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Vanessa Claro Lopes |
Independent Director |
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Vanessa Claro Lopes is an independent member of our board of directors and an independent member of our audit and ethics committee, positions she has held since July 2019. She is currently an independent member of the board of directors of Lojas Americanas S/A, member of the fiscal councils of Cosan S.A., Cosan Logística SA and Comgas S.A., the chairperson of the audit committee at Tegma Logistica S.A., a member of the audit committee at Embraer S.A. and Lojas Americanas S/A . She was formerly the chairperson of the fiscal council of Via Varejo S.A. from 2014 to 2018, a member of the fiscal council of Terra Santa Agro S.A. from 2016 to 2018, a member of the fiscal council of Gerdau S.A from 2016 to 2017 and a member of the fiscal councils of Estácio Participações S.A. and Renova Energia S.A. from 2017 to 2019. With over 25 years’ experience in corporate governance and internal and external audits of large private and listed companies, she started her career in 1995 at PricewaterhouseCoopers in advisory services and was responsible for the creation of the revenue assurance specialists department in Brazil for the telecoms sector. She was an executive officer and the head of the internal accounting department of TAM S.A. from 2010 to 2014, an executive officer and the head of the internal accounting department of Globex Utilidades S.A. (Grupo Pão de Açúcar) from 2004 to 2010 and a coordinator and the head of the accounting department of Grupo Telefonica from 2000 to 2004. She holds an MBA from EAESP/FGV, a master’s degree in management systems from Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), a master’s degree in computer networks from São Judas University, an accounting degree from Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) and a systems analysis degree from FATEC/BS. She was formerly a professor of audit systems and information security at Objetivo University from 1997 to 1998.
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Miguel Filisbino Pereira de Paula |
Independent Director |
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Miguel F. P. de Paula has over 30 years’ experience in C-Level Positions, on Advisory Boards and Boards of Directors of large companies, such as Gerdau, Votorantim Cimentos, Yduqs and Grupo Pão de Açúcar. Miguel is also currently an Independent Board Member and member of the People & ESG Committee and Audit, Risks and Ethics Committee of Afya Limited, since February 2020, as well as an operating partner of Private Equity Funds such as Crescera Capital and EB Capital’s investees. In these companies, he held positions of Executive Director and/or Vice President in the areas of Human Resources and Management, and in Business Support areas such as Deliveries, Shared Service Center, IT and related areas.
During his executive career, he has led major turnaround projects in companies and/or business units of these groups, always focusing on processes, people, new organizational concepts and governance models, and he has been directly and/or indirectly responsible for hiring and developing many executives for management positions in these organizations.
Since January 2020, he has been involved in Advisory Boards or Boards of Directors as well as Head of HR and ESG Committees in several companies and Private Equity Funds.
He holds a degree in Business Administration from ULBRA-RS, a MBA in Retail Management from USP-SP and a MBA in Human Resources Management from PUC-RS.
He completed several courses in Leadership and Business Management in Brazil, Kellogg University in the United States and JUSE in Japan.
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Marcelo Ken Suhara |
Independent Director |
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Marcelo Ken Suhara has a combined 26 years of experience in IPO advisory services, financial
reporting, accounting and audit. He was a partner in the Capital Markets Center at EY in São Paulo from 2011 to
March 2022. He also worked in the Capital Markets group at PwC from 2001 to 2010, and in audit at Arthur Andersen
from 1998 to 2000 and Coopers & Lybrand from 1996 to 1998. He has extensive experience in IPO, equity and debt
offerings in the Brazilian and international capital markets, and advised companies on financial reporting and
regulatory matters on capital markets transactions, and on SEC rules and regulations. He holds a bachelor’s degree
in Business management from Pontificia Universidade Catolica and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from
Universidade Paulista and is a Brazilian Certified Accountant registered at CRC – Conselho Regional de Contabilidade
(Brazilian Regional Accounting Council).
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