Ricardo Eugênio Jorge Saad

Mr. Ricardo Eugênio Jorge Saad graduated in electrical engineering from Universidade Gama Filho and in 2021 took the “Administration Counselor” course from the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance – IBGC. Mr. Ricardo has more than 40 years of experience in managing large multinational companies, especially in managing capital projects, mining iron, nickel, copper, coal, bauxite, and railway and port infrastructures; steel and energy, having held C-Level leadership and board positions, including institutional representation in different geographies. He started his career at Internacional de Engenharia in 1981 as a project manager; in 1986 he joined Mineração Rio do Norte where he held positions in production management and project implementation, the most important being the expansion of bauxite production capacity from 11 mtpa to 16 mtpa. In February 2003, he joined Vale SA where he held several leadership positions in the implementation of large projects in Brazil and abroad, with emphasis on the opening of the S11D Iron Mine, duplication of the Carajás Railway, Expansion of the Port of São Luiz, Salobo Project, Onça Project Puma, Iron Ore Blending Port in Malaysia, Simandou Project in Guinea and Liberia; Moatize Coal Project, Nacala Railway and Port in Mozambique, Goro Nickel Project in New Caledonia, Nickel Projects in Indonesia, Voisey´s Bay Project in Canada. In his last five years of work at Vale SA, ending in 2021, He held the position of Global Director for Implementation of Capital Projects and served as a member of the Board of Cia Siderúrgica do Pecem for 5 years and of Fundação Renova for 2 years. In September 2021, he joined Pátria Investimentos where he serves as Executive Director in managing the portfolio of infrastructure projects of investee companies.

Furthermore, he is not considered a politically exposed person, under the terms of CVM Instruction 301/99.