Mrs. Maria Carolina is an independent member of the Company’s Board of Directors since 2017 and member of the Statutory Audit Committee since 2019. An economist graduate from Faculdade de Economia e Administração of the Universidade of São Paulo (FEA-USP) with specialization in capital markets from École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen and MBA from Columbia University, having also concluded the course for Directors from IBGC. She has worked for more than 20 years at financial institutions such as UBS, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Unibanco, Bear Stearns and ING Barings in capital markets, credit and mergers and acquisitions. She was director of Anbima – Associação Brasileira das Entidades dos Mercados Financeiros e de Capitais, representative of CNF – Confederação Nacional das Instituições Financeiras and member of the Advisory Board of the BM&FBovespa Listing Chamber.