Otavio Castello Branco

Otavio Castello Branco is a member of our Board of Directors since 2010 and Chairman of the executive-level Infrastructure Investment and Divestment Committee. Mr. Branco is also a Senior Managing Partner of Patria Investments Limited and an Executive Director of Patria Holdings Limited. He is responsible for institutional representation relationship with major infrastructure investors. Mr. Branco was responsible for the development of our Infrastructure Division. Mr. Branco joined Patria in 2003, initially as a Managing Partner responsible for the Advisory Group. Since 2006, Mr. Branco led Patria into the infrastructure sector, creating a leading Latin America manager in this asset class. Prior to his role at Patria, from 2001 to 2002, Mr. Branco was an Executive Managing Director at the BNDES – Banco Nacional do Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social – responsible for the Infrastructure and Energy Department. While at BNDES, Mr. Branco was also an executive member of the federal government Energy Crisis Committee (the federal committee created to manage the 2001 power shortage); a member of the board of directors of Vale do Rio Doce and a member of the board of directors of Eletrobrás. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Branco led J.P. Morgan’s investment banking unit in Brazil, assuming the co-presidency of the Brazilian operations in 2000. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Branco was the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the executive committee at Grupo Caemi (one of Brazil’s leading mining conglomerates). From 1983 to 1990, Mr. Branco worked at J.P. Morgan in Brazil as an investment banker. Mr. Branco holds a bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering from Escola Politécnica de São Paulo (USP).