Paulo Souza

Paulo Souza has over 20 years of professional experience, with a strong focus on legal and compliance roles. Paulo'smost recent position was as the Compliance Officer - Head of Ethics & Integrity at Elo7, a role they have held since November 2021. Prior to that, they served as the Head of Legal - General Counsel at nuvini from November 2020 to April 2021. From 2016 to 2020, Paulo worked at TIVIT as the Head of Legal for Brazil & Latin America. Before joining TIVIT, they held the position of Gerente Jurídico - Divisão de Nutrição Especializada at Danone from August 2013 to April 2016. Paulo also gained experience at Unilever as a Coordenador Jurídico from June 2009 to August 2013. Paulo started their career at Cadbury plc., where they held roles as Advogado Sênior from January 2007 to June 2009 and as Advogado Júnior from April 2006 to December 2006. Paulo began their professional journey as an Estagiário Jurídico at Saint-Gobain Abrasives from August 2003 to December 2005 and started their career as an Assessor de Contratos at Progresso e Desenvolvimento de Guarulhos S/A - Proguaru from April 2000 to August 2003.

Paulo Souza obtained their Bachelor's degree in Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais from FIG - UNIMESP Centro Universitário Metropolitano de São Paulo, starting in 2001 and finishing in 2005. In 2012, they pursued an MBA in Direito Empresarial from FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas, graduating in 2014. During the same period, from 2012 to 2013, they also completed an LLM in Direito Econômico Aplicado aos Negócios from Centro de Estudos em Direito Econômico - CEDES. Subsequently, in 2015, they obtained an MBA in Gestão de Negócios from FIA - Fundação Instituto de Administração. The end year for this latest degree is not provided in the information available.