Thomas Bier Herrmann has been an Independent Member of the Board of Directors since April 2017 and he is currently President of the Sustainability Committee and member of People Committee. Has exercised his professional activities for 47 years at Grupo Renner Herrmann S.A. Since 1997, he has held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Renner Herrmann S.A. He was member of the Board of Directors of Lojas Renner from 1991 to 1998. He was a Director of Iochpe-Maxxion S/A from January 2008 to March 2015. He is a member of the Senior Board of the Rio Grande do Sul Steel Association and the Board of Directors of Hospital Moinhos de Vento, having been president of the latter institution from 1999 to 2005. He graduated in Business Administration from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and in Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC), Porto Alegre.