Councils, Board and Committees

Francisca Kjellerup Nacht holds a degree in Business Administration and Economy from the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, since 1995. The granddaughter of Mr. Jose Nacht, one of the founders of the Company, and daughter of Andres Cristian Nacht, has built her career in Europe, where she lives since 1990. Francisca worked for Procter & Gamble Nordic between 1997 and 2010, mainly in the fields of leadership and business development. Among other positions, Francisca was responsible for the commercial integration after Gillette’s acquisition, as well as for the business with the largest retailer of Denmark. In her last position at P&G, she was responsible for initiating and leading the pharmaceutical division in the Nordic region. In the last five years, besides her position at P&G, Francisca has been working in the field of social entrepreneurship in Denmark, and family governance in Brazil.

Roberto Pedote is Mills’ Board member since April 2016 and Co-Chairman since April, 2018. Since 2015 has served as Vice-President of Insper, responsible for Executive Education programs and Lato Sensu Postgraduate course. He is also a Board member of WWF Brasil.Started his career at Unilever in 1990, where he contributed for 17 years in different processes, businesses and countries (Brazil, Chile and England). Was CFO at Nokia Brazil in 2007/08. He served in 2008 until 2015 Natura as Vice President (CFO) of Finance, Legal, Investor Relations and Institutional Relations. He holds a degree in Public Administration from FGV, Law school at São Paulo University and an MBA from the University of Michigan (Ross School of Business). He is also a certified coach by the Instituto Ecosocial.

Mrs. Ana Lúcia Caltabiano was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She is graduated from Getúlio Vargas Foundation and also from the Advanced Executive Program of Kellogg School of Management. She started her career at Procter & Gamble, an US multinational consumer goods company, where she occupied, during 10 years, different HR regional leading positions, including Human Resources management, for Brazil. In 1999, Ana Lucia joined Hewlett Packard, an US multinational company in information technology, occupying leading positions as HR Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, HR Director for HP and EDS Brazil, and Manager of the Integration Project of Compaq / HP merger) for Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2009 Mrs. Ana Lúcia Caltabiano joined GE, the largest Digital Industry company in the World, as Human Resources Director for Energy, in Latin America. In November 2012 she was appointed to support Power & Water and Corporate areas, working in Schenectady and Fairfield, in the United States, focused in strengthening the executives pipeline, from the management of the Leadership program to supporting the global corporate HR team. Back to Latin America at the end of 2013. Ana Lucia was appointed as Vice President of HR for the region. Since December 2018 she is a non-statutory advisory member of Ayrton Senna Institute.

Mr. Eduardo Luiz Wurzmann holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from USP in 1987, completed his MBA in finance from the University of Illinois in 1991, and is a Fellow of the Henry Crown Program at the Aspen Institute, in 2005. Between 1991 and 1993, he worked at the French Guarantee Investment Bank in São Paulo, as an investment analyst. Between 1993 and 2000 he worked at the French Investment bank Credit Agricole Indosuez Securities in Brazil and Russia, where he was Managing Director. Between 2000 and 2011, he also served as CEO of Ibmec Educational Group, one of the largest educational groups in Brazil, focusing on the economy and business area. In 2011, he took over as General Manager of H&R Block Brasil, world leader in the preparation of personal income tax returns, with more than 26 million customers worldwide. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Tel Aviv University, and an independent member of the Board of Directors of Locamerica SA, is Secretary General of CONIB – Israelite Confederation of Brazil, is a member of the Fiscal Council of Unibes Cultural, is a member of the Board of Directors of Tecnisa SA, is a member of the Board of Directors of HIAE – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein and member of the Board of Directors and investor of Descomplica, Alumni Network and other education startups.

Mrs. Marise Barroso is graduated of Social Communication and has a masters degree in Business Administration, she has professional experience as a executive in large organizations of diferente sgements such as consumer goods, retail, technology, media and civil construction. She developed its career on the fiedls of Market Research, Marketing and Sales, Business Development and Sustentability, taking various postions of leadership, as Director and CEO. Nowadays, she is a member in several Boards of Directors.

Mr. Sebastian Villa holds an Economics degree from the Universidad de San Andres and an MBA from Columbia University. He is currently a Partner in Southern Cross Group (“SCG”) where he is also part of the Executive and Investment Committee. Additionaly, Mr. Villa has served as a board member of several companies through the years, such as MorePharma, Ultrapetrol, the Port of Barranquilla, Brinox and Topico. Prior to joining SCG, Mr. Villa worked at Three Cities Reasearch and at Royal Dutch Shell, proving broad strategic and financial skills.

Mr. Jack Oxenford is a Business Administrator from the Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) and an MBA from the School of High Commercial Studies (HEC – Paris) and Columbia University (Columbia University – New York) in addition to several executive trainings: YMP INSEAD, AMP IESE, SEP Stanford University. He has over 15 years of professional experience in Investment Banking (Banco Comafi, West Merchant Bank, Bear Sterns). In addition, more than 10 years of experience in the equipment rental industry (Sullair Argentina, Solaris, REIC – United States and Topico).

Mr. Pedro Chermont has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from PUC-RJ, has over 25 years of experience in the Brazilian stock market and is a founding partner of Leblon Equities Gestão de Recursos, which currently holds approximately R$ 4 billion under management. He worked for 13 years at Investidor Profissional, one of the first independent asset managers in Brazil, where he managed funds with assets amounting around US$ 1.5 billion. Mr. Pedro Chermont also serves as a member of the board of directors of other companies.

Sérgio Kariya joined the Company in 2008 and has been the Chief Executive Officer since January 2015. Prior to that, worked in the company Elevadores Otis for more than 10 years. Mr. Kariya has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (Poli-USP) and a graduate degree in Marketing from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM). Mr. Kariya also holds an Master’s degree in Business Administration from IBMEC/SP and a specialization course in Finance awarded by INSPER/SP. Mr. Kariya occupied position of Executive Officer responsible fot the business unit Rental. He was elected to Company´s Chief Executive Officer on December of 2014.

Graduated in Business Administration and with an MBA in Business Management, Ms. Caroline Pepe has more than 20 years of experience in the Financial area in local, multinational and Private Equity companies. She worked as Financial Officer at Patria Investimentos, Financial and Administrative Officer at Grupo Ultra, CFO at LVMH, Financial, Planning and Controlling Officer at Telefônica, in addition to having worked at SAP and consulting companies.

Ricardo Gusmão is currently the Officer of Heavy Construction Division since August 1st 2013. In September 17th also Statutory Officer at Mills. He holds an undergraduate degree in Civil Engeneering and a postgraduate degree in Economic Engeneering both from Universidade Veiga de Almeida/RJ. He joined Mills in 1993, where he worked as Regional Manager, Contracts Superintendent, Commercial and Operations Officer.

Daniel Brugioni is the Commercial and Branches Executive Officer for the Rental Unit since January, 2017. Graduated in Mechanic Production Engineering from the Industrial Engineering College (FEI), he has a MBA in Business Management from FGV-SP and Executive MBA from Dom Cabral Foundation. Mr. Brugioni previously worked for several companies such as Grupo Libra, Katoen Natie do Brasil and DHL Soluções Logísticas. He has more than 20 years of experience in Commercial, Marketing, Operations and Business Management areas.

Kleber Racy is the People, Management & Health, Security and Environment Officer. He is graduated in Business Administration from FGV-SP and MBA in Business Management from Business School Sao Paulo and has more than 15 years leading Human Resources areas with experience in organizational development, corporate education, change management, merger/acquisitions and management system. He led the HR area at Solaris since 2014, before that he worked at HR area of industries invested for private equities like SIN Impante e Grupo Giroflex, at TecBan/Banco 24 Horas and also at ABNAMRO/Real, where he began his career as Trainee.

Eduardo Lema is the Rental Busines Unit (Operations) Officer since May 2019 and has over 15 years in the equipment rental industry. Mr. Lema previously worked at Solaris Equipamentos S.A., acting as CFO until the company’s merger with Mills and also as COO during his career at the company. He has worked over 10 years in the automotive industry in Ford and Lotus, located at Argentina, Malaysia and Spain. Mr. Lema holds an Industrial Engineering bachelor’s degree from Buenos Aires’ University and also has an Executive MBA  from Torcuato Di Tella’s University.

Tatiana Medina is the IT and Digital Transformation Officer since February 2022. Mrs. Medina graduated in Business Administration from PUC SP, is specialized in Integrated Systems and has an MBA in Project Management from FGV.  She also has over 20 years of experience with Information Technology and business transformation through the use of new technologies. She has worked in companies like Accenture, Duratex, Louis Dreyfus and Klabin.

Mrs. Medina is currently the chairman of the Board of Directors at CIONET Brazil – a community for IT best practices – and in 2021 she was one of the two brazilian people listed on the 100 best global leaders of IT, according to the Hot Topic ranking, a platform for innovative leadership.

Mr. Rubens Branco da Silva is a lawyer graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and accountant graduated from the Faculty of Accounting and Business Sciences Moraes Junior. He was a professional of company Arthur Andersen for 29 years. For 20 years he was a partner of Arthur Andersen in charge of the Tax and Legal area. His professional experience includes accounting auditing services, financial tax-accounting consulting, tax-financial planning, expert reports and arbitrations, acting as Expert and Arbitrator, Brazilian Income Tax, corporate restructuring, international taxation, having also acted as expert witness in the Tax Court of New York. During the course of his professional activities, he had the opportunity to participate in the teaching staff of innumerous local and international internal courses, as well as courses and seminaries for third-parties, such as tax law, tax planning, monetary restatement and foreign investments in Brazil, promoted by the Higher Institute of Accounting Studies of Getúlio Vargas Foundation, in Rio de Janeiro, American Trade Chamber for Brazil, National Association of Accountants, Council of the Americas, New York, Tax Executives Institute-Chicago, etc. He has been a member of the American Trade Chamber for Brazil – Rio de Janeiro for more than 30 years, also as Chairman of the Legal Affairs Commission in 1986 and 1987, Chairman do Internal Affairs Commission de 1991 a 1996, and President of this same Chamber, in 1999 and 2000. He is presently a member of its Board of Directors. He is Vice-President of the Mediation and Arbitration Chamber of Rio de Janeiro, Member of the Brazilian Institute of Financial Executives (IBEF), Brazilian Association of Financial Law (ABDF), International Fiscal Association (IFA), Legal and Tax Commission of the Trade Board of Rio de Janeiro, Member of the Advisory Board of SRRating, Advocate of the Trade Board of the State of Rio de Janeiro, former Counselor of Regional Accounting Council of the State of Rio de Janeiro-CRC-RJ and former Financial Director of IBEU, former Fiscal Counselor of Mills Engenharia and Sete Brasil S.A. Current Fiscal Counselor of Atlantic Institute. He is the author of the book “País dos Impostos” [The Country of Taxes]. He was acclaimed for four consecutive years as one of the best experts in taxation in South America, by British magazine Tax Review. He is currently the Chairman of Branco Consultores Tributários Ltda.

Mr. Rodrigo Fagundes Rangel, graduated in Accounting Sciences from Fluminense Federal University, MBA in Controlling also from Fluminense Federal University and MBA in Business Management from BSP – Business School São Paulo. He worked as Corporate Controller at Invepar – Investments and Participations in Infrastructures S.A from 2012 until 2016 and is currently Financial and Administrative Director of Yahsat Telecomunicações Ltda., Working in the development of Business as the elaboration of Budget and Business Plan; in the development of the Suplly Chain area, leading the negotiation with 21 states to obtain Special Regimes, in addition to the Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Human Resources, Billing, Administrative and New Business areas. He has been a tax advisor since 2016 of Rohr S.A. Tubular Structures. He was Chairman of the Fiscal Council of the companies CLN – Concessionária Litoral Norte S.A. and GruAirport – Concessionaire of the International Airport of Guarulhos S.A.

Mr. Peter Edward Cortes Marsden Wilson, graduated in Public Administration from Getulio Vargas Foundation of São Paulo, an MBA in Finance and a Master’s degree in Economics from Getúlio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo. For the past five years, Mr. Wilson has been a partner in Corporate Finance and mid-sized business restructuring at Managrow Strategic Consulting in Finance Ltda.

Mr.Daniel Oliveira Branco Silva is a lawyer. He works since 2003 in the company Branco Consultores Tributários Ltda, with family structure development, oriented to reduce bureaucracy in succession proceedings, while seeking, at the same time, to reduce tax burdens levying on the family structure; preparation of Tax Returns; incorporation of companies in Brazil; guidance on domestic and foreign companies in taxation issues and structures planning; tax-related reviews; guidance on foreign investments and dividends remittances and corporate and equity restructuring. He worked as trainee, associate, manager, director and currently is a partner in the company. Since 2003, he also works, in Branco Advogados, in the preparation of procedural documents, actuation in legal and administrative proceedings, follow-up of administrative and legal proceedings, oral arguments support, preparation of opinions about case law and application of the law to concrete cases, guidance on compliance with the tax law. He acted as trainee, associate, manager, director and currently is a partner in the Company.

Mr. Henry Stanley de Oliveira Carpenter, graduated in Accounting from Moraes Junior University, with an MBA from IBMEC, worked from 2013 to 2016 as Controller at Saphyr Manager of Shopping Malls Ltda. and previously at Telefônica Brasil S/A as Control Manager and Business Commissioning. He is currently a managing partner at Franco Lebrão Accountant Assessment Ltda. He is responsible for accounting and financial technical advice, tax advice, management of the accounting and financial team of the firm and reviewer of services rendered to clients.

Mr. Marcio Villas Boas Passos, graduated in Economics from (PUC/RJ), with an MBA in Finance from Duke University in the United States and executive courses at Harvard University and Dom Cabral Foundation. He currently works in the fund manager Invest Tech Participation and Investments Ltda. as Executive Director. He is a member of the board of CI&T Software and of Aker Security Solutions. Is representative of the investor in the boards of Brasil CT, Acessocard and Sky One; member of the financial committees of Aker, Brasil CT and Acessocard. He is also a member of the HR committee of Brasil CT. Founded Thalassa Capital, a strategic and financial consulting firm, focused on improving the operational and financial results of companies, long-term strategic positioning and improvement and/or implementation and corporate governance structures. He was a partner of Gávea Investments.