João Henrique Batista De Souza Schmidt

Mr. Schmidt has held the position of executive officer for Corporate Development at VSA, and in 2020 he assumed the position of CEO. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Votorantim Geração de Energia S.A., a position he has held since 2017 and he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of CESP – Companhia Energética de São Paulo in part of 2019. He also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Citrosuco S.A. from 2014 to 2019 and Nexa Brazil from 2016 to 2018. Mr. Schmidt was previously a member of the board of directors of Fibria Celulose S.A. from 2014 to 2019. Prior to joining VSA, Mr. Schmidt had 15 years of experience in the financial sector. Mr. Schmidt was a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs do Brasil Banco Múltiplo S.A., where he worked from April 2010 to August 2014, and prior to that worked at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs in different capacities. Mr. Schmidt received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas in 2001.