Management

Graduated in Business Management from Universidade Champagna de Ensino Superior, he was the CEO of subsidiary companies: VBLOG – Logística e Transportes Ltda., STORE Engenharia e Instalações Ltda., SBF Comércio de Produtos Esportivos Ltda., and PINE Administração de Bens e Participações Ltda. He is also the Administrator of subsidiary companies: PREMIER Distribuidora de Vestuários, Calçados, Equipamentos e Acessórios Ltda.; LIONE Comércio de Artigos Esportivos Ltda. Currently is Administrator of PACIPAR Participações Ltda. and Administrator of Arsenal Trading Corporation, Arsenal Florida Properties, Inc., and Director of Norway Development Corp. He was also the Administrator of Lapa Participações e Empreendimentos Ltda. and B&G Participações e Empreendimentos Ltda. He held the CEO position at the Company since its foundation until November 2017.

Graduated in Civil Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, he has an MBA from the post-graduate and business research institute of Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (COPPEAD-UFRJ) and attended the business program of Harvard Business School. He joined GP Investments, Ltd. in 1998 and is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of GP Investments, Ltd. He has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Magnesita Refratários S.A. since 2013, Member of the Board of Directors of Spice Private Equity AG since 2017 and Member of the Board of Directors of Leon Restaurants Ltd. Since 2017, and currently maintains such positions. He is also a Board Member of non-profit entities such as Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) and COPPEAD-UFRJ. He previously held positions as Member of the Board of Directors of BRZ Investimentos S.A. (from 2013 to 2016), LBR – Lácteos Brasil S.A. (from 2013 to 2014), Wiz Soluções e Corretagem de Seguros S.A. (from 2013 to 2014) and BHG S.A. Brazil Hospitality Group, Allis Participações S.A. (from 2007 to 2013).

Graduated in Electronic Engineering from Instituto Militar de Engenharia (IME), he has a master’s degree in Digital Systems from Escola Politécnica of Universidade de São Paulo – USP. He is founder and former CEO of TV1.com (from 1994 to 1999), founder, CIO and CMO of Americanas.com (from 1999 to 2004), CIO and CMO of Cyrela Brasil Realty (from 2004 to 2008) and founder, CEO and Board Member of Pontofrio.com (from 2008 a 2011), eplataforma (form 2008 to 2011), e-hub (from 2008 to 2011), Nova Pontocom (from 2011 to 2014) and Cnova (from 2014 to 2016), the latter in which he lead the Company’s IPO process at NASDAQ. He is currently Member of the Board of Directors of GOL (since May 2017), Cobasi (since January 2018) and TV1 (since March 2018).

Graduated in Electronic Engineering from Universidade Federal de Goiás, he has an executive MBA from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. He previously held positions as Executive Director of Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliários Ltda. (from 1999 to 2007); Executive Director of BRmalls Participações Ltda. (from 2007 to 2015), Member of the Board of Directors of BRmalls Participações (from 2012 to 2017) as well as member of the audit committee (since 2013). He has been Member of the Company’s Board of Directors since 2017 and owning partner of Nalu Comércio de Cosméticos Ltda., which operates the Loccitane Au Brèsil franchise in Rio de Janeiro, since 2014.

Graduated in Material Engineering from Escola Politécnica of Universidade de São Paulo – USP, he has an MBA from Wharton Business School. He joined GP Investments in 2008 and in 2010 he became CFO and Investor Relations Officer. He rejoined the investments team in May 2012 as a director without a specific title at GP Investments, Ltd. He is Member of the Board of Directors of Empresa Brasileira de Agregados Minerais S.A. (since 2013) and joined Antonio Internacional Ltd. In 2012. He has been an alternate Board Member of Magnesita Refratários S.A. since 2009, a Chairman of the Board of Directors fo Allis Participações S.A. since 2016. He also held previous positions as Board Member of BHG S.A. – Brazil Hospitality Group (from 2013 to 2016), BR Towers S.A., (from 2013 to 2015) and as consultant at Andersen Consulting / Accenture (from 2000 to 2006).

Graduated and Master in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, having also attended the course “American Legal System” at Columbia University – New York, Mr. Samurai is a founding partner of Saiani e Sagliettti Advogados since 2015, responsible for Corporate Law, M&A and Capital Markets. Before founding his firm, he worked as a partner in the same areas at renowned law firms in Brazil.

Graduated in Business Administration from Insper – Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa, she is currently studying for her MBA at London Business School. She has been a Member of the Board of Directors of the Company since 2013 and has been an Associate at Pacipar since 2013.

Graduated in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, he joined GP Investments in December 2015 in the Planning and Proprietary Investments area and, since 2018, has been working in the Private Equity area, where he currently holds the position of Associate.

Graduated from TASIS high school – The American School in Switzerland in 2016, he is currently studying advertising at ESPM – Superior School of Advertising and Marketing, in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo. He has worked in various social programs abroad, in countries on the African continent. Currently, he works as a trainee in the commercial area of a company controlled by the Company, focusing on analyzing and verifying the quality of certain sports products sold by the Company.

Graduated in Law, with a postgraduate degree in Business Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Mrs. Pedretti holds an MBA in finance and capital markets from IBMEC (Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets). She joined GP Investments in 1997 as an intern and, since 2001, has been director of the company’s legal department. She became managing director of GP Investments in August 2008 and she is currently member of the board of directors of GP Advisors.

Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Universidade Paulista, he has an MBA in Advanced Management/Finance from FDC/INSEAD and a Specialization Degree in Retail Management from COPPEAD/UFRJ. He has a vast executive experience in companies operating in the national retail market, including the position of CEO of Alpargatas S/A, held up to January 1, 2019. Mr. Márcio joined Alpargatas S/A in 1997 to head the Retail area and, after September 2003, he became Chief Executive Officer of the company. Since April 2019, Mr. Utsch has occupied the position of chairman of the Board of Directors of CEMIG Distribuição S/A, da CEMIG Geração e Transmissão S/A and Companhia Energética Minas Gerais.