Management & Board of Directors

He graduated in Business Administration with an emphasis on Finance from Escola Superior de Propaganda em Marketing (ESPM) in 2005. He joined Locaweb in 1999, working in the collection sector, where he was a manager and later held the position of Vice-President of Finance. He completed an extension course on IT for Non-IT Executives at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT in 2006, in addition to the Reinventing the CFO program, with Jeremy Hope, at HSM University in 2007. He also attended the Boot Camp of Silver Lake Holding de Participações Ltda. for CFOs of companies about to go public. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since October 2017.

He graduated in Eletrconic Engineering from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica – ITA) in 1993 and is one of Locaweb’s founders. He was a consultant at Andersen Consulting do Brasil Ltda. (currently Accenture do Brasil Ltda.) from October 1994 to August 1997, during which period he gained experience in the technology area in several projects in the financial, pharmaceutical and energy sectors, in addition to doing internal research for the company in Palo Alto. After founding Locaweb in 1998, he served as New Business and Technology Officer. He took office as Locaweb’s CEO in 2007 and joined the the Company’s Board of Directors in 2012. He is currently the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors.

He graduated in Advertisement and Marketing from Universidade Paulista – UNIP in 1998. He worked in the textile area for 10 years and gained experience in the commercial and marketing areas of the company’s brands. He was one of the founders of Locaweb in 1998, as Chief Marketing Officer, helping strengthen the Locaweb brand. In 2012, he joined our Board of Directors and left the position of CMO.

He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering, with an emphasis on electronics from PUC-RJ. He is a member of the Board of Directors. He served as the Company’s Vice-President of Marketing from March 2018 to December 2019 and CEO from January 2013 to March 2018. Between 2008 and 2012, he was a member of our Board of Directors and advisory board. He has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of International Meal Company Alimentação S.A. since May 2019 and a member of the Board of Directors since January 2018. He is an advisor to Digipix S.A., an e-commerce photography, photobook, photo-gift company; Lojas Quero-Quero S.A. (Chairman), a retailer of electronics, building materials and furniture in the Brazilian South region; Allied Tecnologia S.A., a distributor and retailer of electronic products and mobile phones; and Estácio Participações S.A., the second largest private post-secondary education organization in Brazil in terms of number of students enrolled. Mr. Flávio Jansen is an investor and member of the Board of Directors of Flyers 24 Horas S.A. – Anúncio e Divulgação, a company that advertises offers from retail companies on the Guiato website and mobile app. He is a managing partner at XS Consultoria em Tecnologia Ltda. He was responsible for the launch of the Submarino.com website, where he was the Chief Technology Officer and was later promoted to CEO. He was the CEO of Submarino.com during the company’s IPO on Bovespa and the merger with Americanas.com, which resulted in B2W – Companhia Digital. From July 2009 to May 2012, he was an advisor to CETIP-SA – Mercados Organizados, a publicly traded company that manages organized markets for securities, bonds, derivatives and other financial instruments, now part of B3. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Grupo IBMEC Educacional S.A., an education company, from December 2018 to April 2013. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Fleury S.A., a clinical analysis laboratory, from October 2015 to May 2019.

She graduated in Business Administration from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), she started her activities at Locaweb in 2005, commanding the legal, human resources and administrative areas. Before joining Locaweb, he worked in the textile and retail sectors. At Locaweb he held the position of Administrative Director between 2007 and 2019 and is part of our Human Resources Committee.

Mrs. Manuela Vaz Artigas is an independent member of Locaweb’s Board of Directors and a board member at Pague Menos SA, Solar Coca Cola and Banco BMG, where she participates and leads a series of committees. In these companies, she worked on strategy, organization, restructuring, IPO and M&As, such as the recent acquisition of Extrafarma and the merger with Grupo Simões. Her previous roles include CEO of Calila Investimentos, board member of JCC (Jereissati Centros Comerciais), Sistema Jangadeiro and partner of McKinsey & Company. Mrs. Artigas holds a degree in Economics from Unicamp with an MBA from the Anderson Business School at the University of California Los Angeles, where she graduated as a member of the Anderson Business Society and received the Fred Weston Excellence Finance Award.

Mr. Luiz Ribeiro is an independent member of our board of directors and Managing Director, Co-Head of Brazil Office at General Atlantic. Before joining General Atlantic in 2016, Mr. Ribeiro worked as a Director at Advent International, where he concentrated on the financial services and healthcare sectors while based in the São Paulo and Bogota offices. During his time at Advent International, he served on the boards of a number of investments, and served as CFO of Atmosfera Gestão e Higienização de Texteis Ltda. Mr. Ribeiro currently sits on the boards of Pague Menos, QuintoAndar, D-Local, Neon, Fluency Academy, Bold and is a board observer of Gympass. Mr. Ribeiro received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (EAESP-FGV) and completed the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School.

Carlos Elder Maciel de Aquino has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), a master’s degree in Accounting and Actuarial Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) and a doctorate in Controllership and Accounting from the University of São Paulo (USP) . He has an MBA in Finance from IBMEC-SP and an MBA in Controllership from the University of São Paulo (USP-SP), in addition to a specialization in Engineering Economics from the Catholic University of Pernambuco (UNICAP-PE). He was an executive at companies such as Unibanco, Itaú Unibanco, KPMG, Diagnósticos da América S.A. He is a guest professor at the Accounting, Actuarial and Financial Research Institute Foundation (Fipecafi) and FIA-USP. Also, author and co-author of articles published in national and international books and magazines on finance, accounting, governance, regulatory aspects and auditing. He has more than 40 years of professional experience, having held executive positions in the areas of accounting, finance, auditing, health, private pension and third sector segments, in addition to acting as a member of the board of directors, fiscal councils and audit committees, risk management, internal controls, ethics and conduct, money laundering prevention and transactions with related parties. He is currently a member of the board of directors and also coordinator of the Audit Committee of Locaweb Serviços de Tecnologia S.A., coordinator of the audit committees of Allied Tecnologia S/A, Lojas Quero-Quero S/A, Nibs Participações S/A ( Copenhagen) and Fortbras S/A. He is a member of the audit committee of Tokio Marine Seguradora S/A and Tigre S/A Participações and Ebanx Holdings LLC and a member of the ethics and conduct committee of Nibs Participações (Copenhagen). He is a fiscal councilor at Folha Participações S.A. and Natura &CO Holding S.A. He is certified as a board member, a fiscal councilor and a member of an audit committee by the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC). Also, he is a member of the American Accounting Association (AAA).

Engineer graduated from the University of São Paulo, with an MBA from IBMEC. He developed part of his career at Editora Abril, where he started as a trainee, developed the entire sales operation and internet subscription relationship and served as Director of Direct Marketing and Director of e-Business. At Locaweb (currently LWSA) he served as CMO, General Director of the Locaweb Retail Unit and since March 2018 he has been CEO of the Group. He is responsible for the 5 business units that make up LWSA: Commerce PME, Wake, ERP / Management, Financial Services and Be Online / SaaS. These Units include important brands such as LOCAWEB, TRAY, KING HOST, VINDI, BLING and MELHOR ENVIO, among others. Under his management, Locaweb carried out an IPO, Follow On and more than 20 company acquisitions. Fernando is also a mentor and ambassador at Endeavor and was elected one of the best CEOs in Latin America in Technology, Media and Telecommunications companies by the Institutional Investor magazine ranking in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Rafael Chamas holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV) in São Paulo and an MBA from the FGV School of Economics. He built part of his career at Grupo Abril, where he began as a trainee and was responsible for the Financial Planning of several business of the Group, including Abril Educação S.A., during the IPO. He also served as controller at Tegma Gestão Logística S.A. until 2016. He has been working as Locaweb’s Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer since April 2016, having been re-elected to these positions in December 2019. Mr. Chamas was ranked as one of the best CFO for Technology, Media and Telecommunications (“TMT”) companies in 2021 and 2022 in Latin America by Institutional Investor Magazine.

He graduated from Anhembi Morumbi, holds an MBA in IT Management from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV) and specialization degrees from the IESE/ISE Business School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT. He helped shape the portfolio and strategy of UOL DIVEO S.A. (a technology company belonging to Grupo UOL) as General Manager of Solutions Architecture, Products and Marketing from 2008 to 2015, leading the Products, IT Architecture and Marketing areas. He also served as LA Cloud Manager at IBM Brasil-Industria Máquinas e Serviços Ltda., where he worked in the global cloud computing strategy team and was responsible for managing the Cloud IBM architecture and products for all of Latin America between 2015 and 2016. He later worked at Diagnósticos da America S.A. – DASA as CTO/IT Superintendent in 2016 and 2017, being responsible for implementing the company’s digital transformation, managing innovation, adopting support frameworks and coordinating the technological evolution. Currently, he is responsible for the Retail area at Locaweb.

With over 20 years of career, Mr. Alessandro Gil has extensive experience in e-commerce and business expansion strategy. He holds a degree in Marketing and Advertising from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUCCAMP), with an MBA in Marketing. Before Locaweb, he worked at companies such as LINX, VTEX, Rakuten Brasil and Ikeda, where he was a partner. At Locaweb, he will lead SaaS and Commerce Enterprise platforms.

With more than 20 years of career, Mr. Otávio Dantas has extensive experience in business,mainly at the intersection of People-Technology-Operations. He has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of São Paulo (USP), an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the University of Michigan and a Specialization in Business Administration and Corporate Finance from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Before LWSA, he had a career in management consultancy, with the last five years as Managing Director & Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he led the DigitalBCG unit, the Technology Advantage practice and, more recently, the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT). Throughout his career, he has worked primarily with customer-facing companies (B2C and B2B2C) in various sectors, such as Telecom, Financial Services, Technology and Consumer Goods.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Unesp – Universidade Estadual Paulista, with a postgraduate degree in business administration from FGV and an MBA in Telecommunications Systems from Federal Fluminense. He has more than 20 years of experience in the IT market, developing activities in architecture, projects and operations. He began his career at Dedalus Sistemas (Sun Microsystems’ largest partner) as an intern, reaching support management. He continued his career in the Telefonica / Vivo group, commanding the operation of the DataCenter B2B and developing corporate projects. In his last stint, assumed a Superintendence of IT operations at Dasa, being responsible for the large project of systemic stabilization, technological recovery and continuous improvement, supporting a strong demand and growth of NPS.

He graduated in Eletrconic Engineering from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica – ITA) in 1993 and is one of Locaweb’s founders. He was a consultant at Andersen Consulting do Brasil Ltda. (currently Accenture do Brasil Ltda.) from October 1994 to August 1997, during which period he gained experience in the technology area in several projects in the financial, pharmaceutical and energy sectors, in addition to doing internal research for the company in Palo Alto. After founding Locaweb in 1998, he served as New Business and Technology Officer. He took office as Locaweb’s CEO in 2007 and joined the the Company’s Board of Directors in 2012. He is currently the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Engineer graduated from the University of São Paulo, with an MBA from IBMEC. He developed part of his career at Editora Abril, where he started as a trainee, developed the entire sales operation and internet subscription relationship and served as Director of Direct Marketing and Director of e-Business. At Locaweb (currently LWSA) he served as CMO, General Director of the Locaweb Retail Unit and since March 2018 he has been CEO of the Group. He is responsible for the 5 business units that make up LWSA: Commerce PME, Wake, ERP / Management, Financial Services and Be Online / SaaS. These Units include important brands such as LOCAWEB, TRAY, KING HOST, VINDI, BLING and MELHOR ENVIO, among others. Under his management, Locaweb carried out an IPO, Follow On and more than 20 company acquisitions. Fernando is also a mentor and ambassador at Endeavor and was elected one of the best CEOs in Latin America in Technology, Media and Telecommunications companies by the Institutional Investor magazine ranking in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

She graduated in Business Administration from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), she started her activities at Locaweb in 2005, commanding the legal, human resources and administrative areas. Before joining Locaweb, he worked in the textile and retail sectors. At Locaweb he held the position of Administrative Director between 2007 and 2019 and is part of our Human Resources Committee.

He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering, with an emphasis on electronics from PUC-RJ. He is a member of the Board of Directors. He served as the Company’s Vice-President of Marketing from March 2018 to December 2019 and CEO from January 2013 to March 2018. Between 2008 and 2012, he was a member of our Board of Directors and advisory board. He has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of International Meal Company Alimentação S.A. since May 2019 and a member of the Board of Directors since January 2018. He is an advisor to Digipix S.A., an e-commerce photography, photobook, photo-gift company; Lojas Quero-Quero S.A. (Chairman), a retailer of electronics, building materials and furniture in the Brazilian South region; Allied Tecnologia S.A., a distributor and retailer of electronic products and mobile phones; and Estácio Participações S.A., the second largest private post-secondary education organization in Brazil in terms of number of students enrolled. Mr. Flávio Jansen is an investor and member of the Board of Directors of Flyers 24 Horas S.A. – Anúncio e Divulgação, a company that advertises offers from retail companies on the Guiato website and mobile app. He is a managing partner at XS Consultoria em Tecnologia Ltda. He was responsible for the launch of the Submarino.com website, where he was the Chief Technology Officer and was later promoted to CEO. He was the CEO of Submarino.com during the company’s IPO on Bovespa and the merger with Americanas.com, which resulted in B2W – Companhia Digital. From July 2009 to May 2012, he was an advisor to CETIP-SA – Mercados Organizados, a publicly traded company that manages organized markets for securities, bonds, derivatives and other financial instruments, now part of B3. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Grupo IBMEC Educacional S.A., an education company, from December 2018 to April 2013. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Fleury S.A., a clinical analysis laboratory, from October 2015 to May 2019.

Mrs. Manuela Vaz Artigas is an independent member of Locaweb’s Board of Directors and a board member at Pague Menos SA, Solar Coca Cola and Banco BMG, where she participates and leads a series of committees. In these companies, she worked on strategy, organization, restructuring, IPO and M&As, such as the recent acquisition of Extrafarma and the merger with Grupo Simões. Her previous roles include CEO of Calila Investimentos, board member of JCC (Jereissati Centros Comerciais), Sistema Jangadeiro and partner of McKinsey & Company. Mrs. Artigas holds a degree in Economics from Unicamp with an MBA from the Anderson Business School at the University of California Los Angeles, where she graduated as a member of the Anderson Business Society and received the Fred Weston Excellence Finance Award.

With more than 20 years of career, Mr. Otávio Dantas has extensive experience in business,mainly at the intersection of People-Technology-Operations. He has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of São Paulo (USP), an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the University of Michigan and a Specialization in Business Administration and Corporate Finance from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Before LWSA, he had a career in management consultancy, with the last five years as Managing Director & Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he led the DigitalBCG unit, the Technology Advantage practice and, more recently, the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT). Throughout his career, he has worked primarily with customer-facing companies (B2C and B2B2C) in various sectors, such as Telecom, Financial Services, Technology and Consumer Goods.

Henrique Marquezi is a professional with over 15 years of experience in Investor Relations (IR) and Treasury, having worked in companies in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT), retail, infrastructure and agribusiness sectors. Accumulated awards as the best IR professional in Latin America in the TMT (small cap) segment by Institutional Investor magazine in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Mr. Marquezi has a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Trevisan Business School and an extension in finance from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. At LWSA, he led the company’s IR program since the IPO, participating in the Company’s Initial and Subsequent Share Offerings. At Raízen, the largest sugar producer in the world, he played an important role in debt management and implementation of Treasury systems. He also worked at AB Concessões, where he participated in the construction of the IR program and issuance of Debentures for 3 companies in the group. At CVC, a tour operator, he led the Treasury and IR areas, being responsible for the company’s first rating issue. Mr. Marquezi’s professional career also includes stints at Itaú and Société Générale brokerages, where he worked in the share rental area. Additionally, Mr. Henrique Bastos Marquezi Filho declared to us that he is not characterized as a politically exposed person, in accordance with CVM Resolution No. 50/21.

Carlos Elder Maciel de Aquino has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), a master’s degree in Accounting and Actuarial Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) and a doctorate in Controllership and Accounting from the University of São Paulo (USP) . He has an MBA in Finance from IBMEC-SP and an MBA in Controllership from the University of São Paulo (USP-SP), in addition to a specialization in Engineering Economics from the Catholic University of Pernambuco (UNICAP-PE). He was an executive at companies such as Unibanco, Itaú Unibanco, KPMG, Diagnósticos da América S.A. He is a guest professor at the Accounting, Actuarial and Financial Research Institute Foundation (Fipecafi) and FIA-USP. Also, author and co-author of articles published in national and international books and magazines on finance, accounting, governance, regulatory aspects and auditing. He has more than 40 years of professional experience, having held executive positions in the areas of accounting, finance, auditing, health, private pension and third sector segments, in addition to acting as a member of the board of directors, fiscal councils and audit committees, risk management, internal controls, ethics and conduct, money laundering prevention and transactions with related parties. He is currently a member of the board of directors and also coordinator of the Audit Committee of Locaweb Serviços de Tecnologia S.A., coordinator of the audit committees of Allied Tecnologia S/A, Lojas Quero-Quero S/A, Nibs Participações S/A ( Copenhagen) and Fortbras S/A. He is a member of the audit committee of Tokio Marine Seguradora S/A and Tigre S/A Participações and Ebanx Holdings LLC and a member of the ethics and conduct committee of Nibs Participações (Copenhagen). He is a fiscal councilor at Folha Participações S.A. and Natura &CO Holding S.A. He is certified as a board member, a fiscal councilor and a member of an audit committee by the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC). Also, he is a member of the American Accounting Association (AAA).

He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering, with an emphasis on electronics from PUC-RJ. He is a member of the Board of Directors. He served as the Company’s Vice-President of Marketing from March 2018 to December 2019 and CEO from January 2013 to March 2018. Between 2008 and 2012, he was a member of our Board of Directors and advisory board. He has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of International Meal Company Alimentação S.A. since May 2019 and a member of the Board of Directors since January 2018. He is an advisor to Digipix S.A., an e-commerce photography, photobook, photo-gift company; Lojas Quero-Quero S.A. (Chairman), a retailer of electronics, building materials and furniture in the Brazilian South region; Allied Tecnologia S.A., a distributor and retailer of electronic products and mobile phones; and Estácio Participações S.A., the second largest private post-secondary education organization in Brazil in terms of number of students enrolled. Mr. Flávio Jansen is an investor and member of the Board of Directors of Flyers 24 Horas S.A. – Anúncio e Divulgação, a company that advertises offers from retail companies on the Guiato website and mobile app. He is a managing partner at XS Consultoria em Tecnologia Ltda. He was responsible for the launch of the Submarino.com website, where he was the Chief Technology Officer and was later promoted to CEO. He was the CEO of Submarino.com during the company’s IPO on Bovespa and the merger with Americanas.com, which resulted in B2W – Companhia Digital. From July 2009 to May 2012, he was an advisor to CETIP-SA – Mercados Organizados, a publicly traded company that manages organized markets for securities, bonds, derivatives and other financial instruments, now part of B3. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Grupo IBMEC Educacional S.A., an education company, from December 2018 to April 2013. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Fleury S.A., a clinical analysis laboratory, from October 2015 to May 2019.

Fernando Dal-Ri Murcia: Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Webber International University (Florida, USA), in Accounting Sciences from the University of Vale do Itajaí and in Law from Universidade Paulista. Master in Accounting from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (areas of concentration: corporate accounting, accounting fraud and financial market). PhD in Accounting and Controllership from FEA-USP (areas of concentration: corporate accounting, IFRSs, corporate governance and capital markets). Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting (FEA) at USP – SP “campus”, teaching undergraduate, master’s and doctoral courses. Guest professor at the Largo São Francisco Law School of USP, teaching “law and accounting” subjects. Director of Projects and Research at the Accounting, Actuarial and Financial Research Institute Foundation (FIPECAFI). Since 2018, he has been a member of the Audit Committee of Via Varejo S.A. (Casas Bahia and Ponto Frio). He is a member of the Audit Committee of FUNCEF (Caixa-CEF Pension Fund). He is a member of the Fiscal Council of Renova Energia S.A. He is an alternate member of the Fiscal Council of Marfrig Foods S.A. He was President of the Fiscal Council of Grupo Pão de Açúcar during 2017 and 2018. He was President of the Fiscal Council of Via Varejo S.A. from 2014 to 2018.  He was an alternate member of the Fiscal Council of Gerdau S.A. from 2015 to 2016. He was a representative of Latin America in the Deloitte IAAER Researcher Program. Consultant, Opinionist and Expert in the area of​​corporate accounting, company valuation, governance and corporate restructuring. Member of the Accounting Studies Group of the Accounting Pronouncements Committee (CPC) on accounting-tax matters in partnership with the Accounting Studies Working Group of the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service (RFB). Member of the Finance and Accounting Committee of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC). Member of the Brazilian Integrated Reporting Monitoring Commission (CBARI). Researcher with more than 70 scientific articles published in national and international journals on topics related to accounting, finance and corporate governance. Mr. Fernando Dal-Ri Murcia has not been subject to the effects of any criminal conviction, any conviction or application of any penalty in proceedings administrative before the CVM and no final and unappealable conviction, at the judicial or administrative level, that would have caused the suspension or disqualification to practice any professional or commercial activity, thus being duly qualified to practice their professional activities. Additionally, Mr. Fernando Dal-Ri Murcia declared to the Company that he is not characterized as a politically exposed person, in accordance with CVM Resolution No. 50/21.

He graduated in Eletrconic Engineering from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica – ITA) in 1993 and is one of Locaweb’s founders. He was a consultant at Andersen Consulting do Brasil Ltda. (currently Accenture do Brasil Ltda.) from October 1994 to August 1997, during which period he gained experience in the technology area in several projects in the financial, pharmaceutical and energy sectors, in addition to doing internal research for the company in Palo Alto. After founding Locaweb in 1998, he served as New Business and Technology Officer. He took office as Locaweb’s CEO in 2007 and joined the the Company’s Board of Directors in 2012. He is currently the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Engineer graduated from the University of São Paulo, with an MBA from IBMEC. He developed part of his career at Editora Abril, where he started as a trainee, developed the entire sales operation and internet subscription relationship and served as Director of Direct Marketing and Director of e-Business. At Locaweb (currently LWSA) he served as CMO, General Director of the Locaweb Retail Unit and since March 2018 he has been CEO of the Group. He is responsible for the 5 business units that make up LWSA: Commerce PME, Wake, ERP / Management, Financial Services and Be Online / SaaS. These Units include important brands such as LOCAWEB, TRAY, KING HOST, VINDI, BLING and MELHOR ENVIO, among others. Under his management, Locaweb carried out an IPO, Follow On and more than 20 company acquisitions. Fernando is also a mentor and ambassador at Endeavor and was elected one of the best CEOs in Latin America in Technology, Media and Telecommunications companies by the Institutional Investor magazine ranking in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

She graduated in Business Administration from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), she started her activities at Locaweb in 2005, commanding the legal, human resources and administrative areas. Before joining Locaweb, he worked in the textile and retail sectors. At Locaweb he held the position of Administrative Director between 2007 and 2019 and is part of our Human Resources Committee.

He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering, with an emphasis on electronics from PUC-RJ. He is a member of the Board of Directors. He served as the Company’s Vice-President of Marketing from March 2018 to December 2019 and CEO from January 2013 to March 2018. Between 2008 and 2012, he was a member of our Board of Directors and advisory board. He has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of International Meal Company Alimentação S.A. since May 2019 and a member of the Board of Directors since January 2018. He is an advisor to Digipix S.A., an e-commerce photography, photobook, photo-gift company; Lojas Quero-Quero S.A. (Chairman), a retailer of electronics, building materials and furniture in the Brazilian South region; Allied Tecnologia S.A., a distributor and retailer of electronic products and mobile phones; and Estácio Participações S.A., the second largest private post-secondary education organization in Brazil in terms of number of students enrolled. Mr. Flávio Jansen is an investor and member of the Board of Directors of Flyers 24 Horas S.A. – Anúncio e Divulgação, a company that advertises offers from retail companies on the Guiato website and mobile app. He is a managing partner at XS Consultoria em Tecnologia Ltda. He was responsible for the launch of the Submarino.com website, where he was the Chief Technology Officer and was later promoted to CEO. He was the CEO of Submarino.com during the company’s IPO on Bovespa and the merger with Americanas.com, which resulted in B2W – Companhia Digital. From July 2009 to May 2012, he was an advisor to CETIP-SA – Mercados Organizados, a publicly traded company that manages organized markets for securities, bonds, derivatives and other financial instruments, now part of B3. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Grupo IBMEC Educacional S.A., an education company, from December 2018 to April 2013. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Fleury S.A., a clinical analysis laboratory, from October 2015 to May 2019.

Mrs. Manuela Vaz Artigas is an independent member of Locaweb’s Board of Directors and a board member at Pague Menos SA, Solar Coca Cola and Banco BMG, where she participates and leads a series of committees. In these companies, she worked on strategy, organization, restructuring, IPO and M&As, such as the recent acquisition of Extrafarma and the merger with Grupo Simões. Her previous roles include CEO of Calila Investimentos, board member of JCC (Jereissati Centros Comerciais), Sistema Jangadeiro and partner of McKinsey & Company. Mrs. Artigas holds a degree in Economics from Unicamp with an MBA from the Anderson Business School at the University of California Los Angeles, where she graduated as a member of the Anderson Business Society and received the Fred Weston Excellence Finance Award.

With more than 20 years of career, Mr. Otávio Dantas has extensive experience in business,mainly at the intersection of People-Technology-Operations. He has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of São Paulo (USP), an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the University of Michigan and a Specialization in Business Administration and Corporate Finance from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Before LWSA, he had a career in management consultancy, with the last five years as Managing Director & Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he led the DigitalBCG unit, the Technology Advantage practice and, more recently, the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT). Throughout his career, he has worked primarily with customer-facing companies (B2C and B2B2C) in various sectors, such as Telecom, Financial Services, Technology and Consumer Goods.

Rafael Abdo: Graduated in Business Administration, he has worked in the Information Technology area since 1998. In the early 2000s he was responsible for developing the vertical chat portal for Starmedia, a North American multinational company, in addition to having worked in several startups. digital content in the following years. Between 2007 and 2011, he led the development of security solutions by the company BluePex, having been responsible for delivering the antivirus project for the Brazilian army, a government initiative for national sovereignty in the area of​​cybersecurity. As a member of Locaweb’s information security team, he was responsible for implementing the security incident response team, intrusion protection solutions, implementing processes based on good practices and the IT risk management process. Rafael Abdo was not subject to the effects of any criminal conviction, any conviction or application of a penalty in an administrative proceeding before the CVM and no final and unappealable conviction, at the judicial or administrative level, which would have resulted in the suspension or disqualification from carrying out any activity. professional or commercial, being, therefore, duly qualified to practice their professional activities. Additionally, Mr. Rafael Abdo declared to the Company that he is not characterized as a politically exposed person, in accordance with CVM Resolution No. 50/21.

He graduated in Eletrconic Engineering from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica – ITA) in 1993 and is one of Locaweb’s founders. He was a consultant at Andersen Consulting do Brasil Ltda. (currently Accenture do Brasil Ltda.) from October 1994 to August 1997, during which period he gained experience in the technology area in several projects in the financial, pharmaceutical and energy sectors, in addition to doing internal research for the company in Palo Alto. After founding Locaweb in 1998, he served as New Business and Technology Officer. He took office as Locaweb’s CEO in 2007 and joined the the Company’s Board of Directors in 2012. He is currently the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Unesp – Universidade Estadual Paulista, with a postgraduate degree in business administration from FGV and an MBA in Telecommunications Systems from Federal Fluminense. He has more than 20 years of experience in the IT market, developing activities in architecture, projects and operations. He began his career at Dedalus Sistemas (Sun Microsystems’ largest partner) as an intern, reaching support management. He continued his career in the Telefonica / Vivo group, commanding the operation of the DataCenter B2B and developing corporate projects. In his last stint, assumed a Superintendence of IT operations at Dasa, being responsible for the large project of systemic stabilization, technological recovery and continuous improvement, supporting a strong demand and growth of NPS.

He graduated from Anhembi Morumbi, holds an MBA in IT Management from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV) and specialization degrees from the IESE/ISE Business School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT. He helped shape the portfolio and strategy of UOL DIVEO S.A. (a technology company belonging to Grupo UOL) as General Manager of Solutions Architecture, Products and Marketing from 2008 to 2015, leading the Products, IT Architecture and Marketing areas. He also served as LA Cloud Manager at IBM Brasil-Industria Máquinas e Serviços Ltda., where he worked in the global cloud computing strategy team and was responsible for managing the Cloud IBM architecture and products for all of Latin America between 2015 and 2016. He later worked at Diagnósticos da America S.A. – DASA as CTO/IT Superintendent in 2016 and 2017, being responsible for implementing the company’s digital transformation, managing innovation, adopting support frameworks and coordinating the technological evolution. Currently, he is responsible for the Retail area at Locaweb.

Engineer graduated from the University of São Paulo, with an MBA from IBMEC. He developed part of his career at Editora Abril, where he started as a trainee, developed the entire sales operation and internet subscription relationship and served as Director of Direct Marketing and Director of e-Business. At Locaweb (currently LWSA) he served as CMO, General Director of the Locaweb Retail Unit and since March 2018 he has been CEO of the Group. He is responsible for the 5 business units that make up LWSA: Commerce PME, Wake, ERP / Management, Financial Services and Be Online / SaaS. These Units include important brands such as LOCAWEB, TRAY, KING HOST, VINDI, BLING and MELHOR ENVIO, among others. Under his management, Locaweb carried out an IPO, Follow On and more than 20 company acquisitions. Fernando is also a mentor and ambassador at Endeavor and was elected one of the best CEOs in Latin America in Technology, Media and Telecommunications companies by the Institutional Investor magazine ranking in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

With more than 20 years of career, Mr. Otávio Dantas has extensive experience in business,mainly at the intersection of People-Technology-Operations. He has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of São Paulo (USP), an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the University of Michigan and a Specialization in Business Administration and Corporate Finance from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Before LWSA, he had a career in management consultancy, with the last five years as Managing Director & Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he led the DigitalBCG unit, the Technology Advantage practice and, more recently, the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT). Throughout his career, he has worked primarily with customer-facing companies (B2C and B2B2C) in various sectors, such as Telecom, Financial Services, Technology and Consumer Goods.