José Leite Gonçalves Cruz

An economist by training, José Leite Gonçalves Cruz was in the last years in the presidency of the Supply Centers of Ceará S/A (Ceasa). With experience in the administration area, he has a master’s degree in International Business from Unifor and was executive secretary of Planning and Internal Management of the Secretariat of Agrarian Development of the State of Ceará (SDA). He was president of the Agropolos Institute and headed the SDA’s Planning and Management Coordination. José Leite was also mayor of the city of Barbalha for two consecutive mandates and a career employee at Banco do Brasil for 32 years.