Chairman of the Board of Directors of Algar Group, Algar Telecom and Algar Agro and also member of the Board of the Federation of Industries of Minas Gerais (FIEMG – Federação das Indústrias de Minas Gerais), Member of the Research Foundation of the Federal University of Uberlândia (Fundap – Fundação de Pesquisas da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia), Member of the Institute for Studies on Industrial Development (IEDI – Instituto de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento Industrial) and Member of the Industrial Commercial Association of Uberlândia (ACIUB – Associação Comercial Industrial de Uberlândia). He has worked in renowned institutions as Former Board Member of the Center for Research and Development in Telecommunications and IT (Fundação CPqD – Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Telecomunicações e TI), Former Chairman of the Board of Anatel, Former Chairman of the Brazilian Agribusiness Association (ABAG – Associação Brasileira de Agribusiness), Former Chairman of Telebrasil and SindiTelebrasil, Former Chairman of the National Association of Service Providers of Mobile Telephony (ACEL – Associação Nacional dos Prestadores de Serviço Móvel Celular), Former Board Member of Fundação Orsa.