


Nelson Bastos
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Founding Partner of IVIX Value Creation;
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Founding Partner of Integra Associados where he served in several financial restructurings;
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Experience: -
He was an officer and board member of Gradiente for several years, a Company hefounded, and has been involved in several other boards, such as Alcoa Brasil, Telemig and Telenorte Celular, Varig – where for five years he chaired the troubled airline's finance committee – and of Grupo Villares.
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Chairman of the board and CEO of Parmalat Brasil S.A, from 2003 to 2006
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Board member at EZTEC SA, since 2010, a major Brazilian developer and builder
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CEO at LBR Lacteos do Brasil SA through 2017
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CEO at Brazil Railways, a railroad holding company that controlled Portofer, Ferroban, Novoeste e Ferronorte for almost four years.
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CEO at Gevisa, manufacturer of locomotives and large electric motors controlled by GE;
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CEO at IVIX Sistemas Abertos, joint venture between Villares and IBM;
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CFO, also responsible for strategy, for the Villares group.
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Highlights:
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Interim management and financial restructuring of LBR Lácteos Brasil S.A. (2013 to 2017);
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Restructuring and sell of Parmalat Brasil S.A., the first successful case of judicial recuperation under the new regulation in Brazil (2004-2005);
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Debt restructuring of Brazil Railways and construction of 500Km of railway. Raised the share of Railways total soy exports from zero to 25% after he established partnerships for the construction of new grain and fuel terminals in Santos and Mato Grosso (2000 to 2002);
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Divestment of shares held by Vale on railways (2001);
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Sale of Gradiente’s mobile phone production unit to NOKIA (1999);
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Sale of Granja Rezende Food to Sadia (1999);
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Sale of Varig operations to GE (1998)
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Nelson is a member of IBGC (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa) and of IBR (Brazilian Corporate Restructuring Institute).

Pedro Guizzo
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Founding Partner of IVIX Value Creation;
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Lecturer of Turnaround Management at Fundação Getúlio Vargas in Brazil;
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Former head of M&A at Integra Associados;
Experience:
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Member of the Board of Directors of Carol Sodru S.A.;
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Investment Associate of the Private Equity Artesia Capital Management, where he executed several M&A and capital market transactions for many of the portfolio companies;
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Financial Analyst in the M&A and financial advisory firm Vergent Partners, a member of Global M&A. At Vergent, Mr. Guizzo advised national and multi-national companies such as Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes, Vale do Rio Doce, Arch Chemicals and Chevron.
Highlights:
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Debt restructuring of Grupo Scalina (2015);
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Creation of a JV between HP and a Brazilian computers company (2013);
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Debt restructuring for Megaware under court protection - Recuperação Judicial (2013);
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Negotiation of a Joint Venture between Carol Cooperative and the European soybean operator Sodrugestvo (2011);
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Development of the internationalization plan for Metalfrio Solutions that has become one of the ten most internationalized Brazilian companies in 2008;
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Served in Metalfrio’s IPO and as Investor Relations since then, as well as multiple M&A transactions in Mexico, USA, Denmark, Russia, Turkey, India and Siri Lanka (between 2007 and 2009);
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Advised Gol Airlines during its critical period of rapid growth between 2004 and 2006.
Other Qualifications:
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Holds a Master of Business Administration from Judge Business School, University of Cambridge – UK;
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Certified as Project Management Professional by Project Management Institute – USA;
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Is a Chartered Financial Analyst by CFA Institute – USA;
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Holds a B.A. in Business Administration from EAESP-FGV – Brazil.

Alexandre Ruelas
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Senior Partner of IVIX Value Creation since 2013;
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CFO at LBR Lácteos do Brasil;
Experience:
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CEO at Cooperativa Carol;
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Controller at Banco Ribeirão Preto S.A.;
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CFO at Santal Equipamentos S.A. (agricultural machinery and implements);
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Finance manager and controller at Supermercado Gimenes S.A.;
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Finance manager and controller at Parque Hopi Hari S.A.;
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Finance manager and controller at Cardinali S.A. (industrial segment PVC pipes);
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Credit manager at ABC Supermercados S.A.
Highlights:
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He built his career in accounting and finance, with significant experience in cost reduction,turnaround and strategic planning, in small and medium-sized companies, in different sectors like agribusiness, retail, manufacture, entertainment and banking;
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Conducted several M&A and capital markets transactions for companies such as ABC Supermarket, Cardinali PVC Pipes and agricultural implements Santal;
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Extensive experience in ERP and BI implementation.
Other Qualifications:
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Holds a finance degree from UNICEP – Brazil;
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Has a B.S. in Accounting from Catholic University of Petrópolis – Brazil.

Alberto Tepedino
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Senior Partner of IVIX Value Creation;
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Ex-CFO of Levorin.
Experience:
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COO at Módulo Security Solutions S/A (2014 – 2015);
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Financial and Administrative Officer at Delta Construções S/A (2013 – 2014);
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Financial and Administrative Officer at Laep Investments Ltd (2010 2012);
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Financial and Administrative Officer at Group Infinity Bio-Energy (2006 – 2010);
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Financial and Administrative Officer at Parmalat Brasil S/A (2004 – 2006);
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Investor Relations, Financial and Administrative Officer at Ferronorte S/A Ferrovias Norte Brasil, Ferrovia Novoeste SA, Ferrovia Bandeirantes SA (1997 – 2003);
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President of Instituto de Pesos e Medidas do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – (1997);
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Financial and Administrative Officer at Cia de Desenvolvimento Industrial do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (1996 – 1997);
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Financial Officer at Banco Divisa S.A. (1993 – 1994);
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Financial and Administrative Officer at Libra de Navegação Group (1989 – 1992);
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Financial and Administrative Officer and Superintendent at Veplan (1982 – 1989);
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Brazilian Division Assistant at European Brazilian Bank. – London (1980 – 1981).
Other Qualifications:
Tepedino has a B.S. in Civil Engineering and post-graduations in Administrative and Economic Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Also has post-graduation in Finance from Polytechnic of South Bank – London. Besides that, Tepedino also concluded several specialization courses encompassing Controllership (IAG-PUC/RJ), Total Quality Advanced Management (FGV-SP) and Excellence in Business Administration (FGV-SP).