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Marcelo Hudik Furtado de Albuquerque

Chairman at Desktop Sigmanet

Mr. Albuquerque is a board member of Nadir Figueiredo and Clínica AMO. Mr. Albuquerque joined H.I.G in 2017 as managing director of the private equity team in Brazil. With over 20 years of experience in private equity in Brazil, Mr. Albuquerque has directly participated in investments, monitoring and divestments in various sectors, such as: consumption, services, food & beverage, retail, financial services, insurance, energy, oil and gas, infrastructure, real estate, technology, telecommunications, healthcare, agribusiness and cellulose & paper. Previously, Mr. Albuquerque was a partner and member of the investment committee at Gávea Investimentos and head of execution of the private equity area with proprietary funds from Banco Santander Brasil, where Mr. Albuquerque has worked for eight years and was responsible for creating and managing the area’s investment team. Before that, Mr. Albuquerque worked at Angra Infra and in the Private Equity and Gross Strategies area of the Icatu Group. Mr. Albuquerque was a member of the board of directors of Energisa S.A., Enesa Participações S.A., CSS – Cell Site Sollutions S.A., Grupo Santiliana, Transmissora Aliança de Energia Elétrica S.A. (TAESA), Brasil Comércio & Turismo, Ambievo S.A. and American Glass Products Ltd. Mr. Albuquerque was also a member of the investment committee of the Corporate Credit Supervision Brazil (Comitê de Investimento de Supervisão do Crédito Corporativo Brasil) – FIDC (long-term credit fund created by Credit Suisse and Santander) and of FIP Sondas, as well as a member of the board of directors and of the financial and new business committees of Sete Brasil Participações S.A. Currently, Mr. Albuquerque is chairman of the board of directors of Office Total S.A. and Desktop Sigmanet Comunicação Multimídia S.A., vice-chairman of the board of directors of Nadir Figueiredo, GEM Assistência Médica Especializada and Halex Istar Indústria Farmacêutica S.A., and is a member of the board of directors of Self It Academias Holdings S.A. and Bigsal Indústria e Comércio de Suplementos para Nutrição Animal S.A. Mr. Albuquerque graduated with honors in business administration from IBMEC in Rio de Janeiro, where he also completed his master’s degree in finance (stricto sensu).

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