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Fernando Cezar Dantas Porfírio Borges

Director at Vitru Education

Fernando Cezar Dantas Porfírio Borges is a member of the board of directors, a position he has held since September 2, 2020. Mr. Porfírio has previously served on the board of directors of Vitru Brasil, a position he has held since October 2015. In addition to the company, Mr. Borges currently serves on the boards of directors of Ri-Happy Brinquedos S.A., Estok Comércio e Participações Ltda., or Tok & Stok, Tempo Participações S.A. and Grupo Madero and is Vice-Chairman of the board of directors of the Brazilian Association of Private Equity & Venture Capital, or ABVCAP, a member of the board of EMPEA — Emerging Market Private Equity Association and of LAVCA — Latin American Private Equity & Venture Capital Association. Mr. Borges is also a managing Director and head of the Carlyle’s South American buyout group focused on private equity investment opportunities in South America. He joined Carlyle in 2007 and has been involved in Carlyle’s investments in portfolio companies in Brazil. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Borges was a managing director at AIG Capital Partners and chief executive officer of AIG Capital Investments do Brasil, being responsible for managing AIG’s private equity activities in Brazil. Prior to his time at the AIG Capital Group, Mr. Borges was a director of Bozano, Simonsen’s private equity division, where he was responsible for managing a private equity fund sponsored by Bozano, Simonsen Group and Advent International. Cumulatively, Mr. Borges has 18 years of private equity experience in Brazil, having participated in more than 20 transactions in the region. Mr. Borges holds a graduate degree from the Bologna Center of the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor of the arts degree in international relations from Universidade de Brasilia.

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