Board, Committees and Officers

Mr. Norberto Whitaker Sobral Jannuzzi has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Bath in 2003. He completed as a postgraduate student, the Executive Education for Fast Growing Companies, Business Administration and General Management, at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He has extensive professional experience, having been member of the Board of Directors of large companies such as Natulab Group (since 2013), Farmácias Independente (since 2016), Vincula (since 2017). Since 2011, he has held various positions at Pátria Investimentos, including: Vice President of Private Equity (2011 to 2012), Private Equity Officer (2012 to 2016), Healthcare Portfolio Manager (2016 to 2019) and, in 2019, became partner.

J.R. Ferraz has 32 years of international experience in leading healthcare organizations in a variety of segments such as Surgery, Specialty Pharmaceuticals, E-Commerce and OTC Retail. He was a senior executive positions at Livanova plc, Nestle Health and Johnson & Johnson and has had board experience in Brazil and internationally. J.R. holds a degree in Business Administration and a postgraduate degree in Marketing and International Finance, both with honors from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

Ms. Lia has a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. She is currently Director of M&A for Grupo Elfa. Prior to that, Ferrua worked as Director of Private Equity at Patria Investimentos, Financial Director at Vincula and also served on Patria’s Private Equity investment team and as a member of the M&A team at DASA (Diagnostics of America S/A). Before joining Patria in 2004, she worked at Macquarie Bank and Natura, one of the largest Brazilian cosmetic companies.

Ms. Navarro has an undergraduate degree in biomedical sciences from Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes (1977) and graduate degrees in business administration from FGV (1996) and from Smith College (2002). She has extensive professional experience, having held the positions of Research and Development Assistant/Quality Assurance Supervisor (1978-1988), Technical Market Assistance (1988-1989), Technical Sales Representative (1992-1994), Market Development Manager (1995-1997), Head of Business Unit (1997-1999), Chief Corporate Affairs Officer (2000-2002), Regional Vice President (2003-2011), Managing Director of the medical and hospital products area (2007-2013), and Senior Vice President (2012-2014) at Johnson & Johnson, having accumulated 35 years of experience at that company. She has also held the position of Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Fundação Robert Wood Johnson (2010-2020), member of the Advisory Board of Great Place to Work Brasil (since 2014), and member of the Committee for Corporate Governance in Health at the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa), or IBGC (since 2014). Ms. Maria Regina is an independent director, elected according to the independence criteria established in art. 16, first paragraph of B3’s ‘Novo Mercado’ Listing Regulation, the Board of Directors’ Internal Regulations and the Bylaws.

Mr. Pelegrini has undergraduate degree in Business Administration from FASP – Faculdades Associadas de São Paulo (1987) and graduate degrees in Marketing from FGV (1992) and from Columbia University in New York (1995), and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School (2017). He has extensive professional experience, having held the positions of chief small and medium business officer (2002), Vice President of Finance for Latin America (2002-2005), General Manager of GTS in Italy (2006-2007), National Managing Director (2007-2012), Vice President of emerging market industries (2012-2014), and General Manager for Latin America (2014-2017) at IBM, having accumulated 29 years of experience at that company. He currently holds the position of CEO & Co-Founder at Quantum4 Innovation Solutions (since 2017).

J.R. Ferraz has 32 years of international experience in leading healthcare organizations in a variety of segments such as Surgery, Specialty Pharmaceuticals, E-Commerce and OTC Retail. He was a senior executive positions at Livanova plc, Nestle Health and Johnson & Johnson and has had board experience in Brazil and internationally. J.R. holds a degree in Business Administration and a postgraduate degree in Marketing and International Finance, both with honors from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Director at Elfa. Executive with 20 years of professional experience, including 15 years at Patria (Private Equity and Infrastructure) and 6 years at Citibank (Corporate Credit Risk). Rafael holds a degree in Business Administration from FGV-EAESP and is also Director of Healthcare Investments at Patria Private Equity. Prior to his current position, he led the M&A department at Elfa and Opersan Resíduos, and has previously led investment teams at Patria Infrastructure in the sanitation, energy, and oil & gas sectors.

Graduated in business administration from PUC – MG and post-graduated in finance and controllership from Fundação Dom Cabral. He has extensive professional experience, with multidisciplinary training in Human Resources, Planning, Sales and Projects and international experience in Human Resources, with a focus on implementing organizational culture principles, valuing the corporate environment, engagement, implementation of excellence programs and management processes . Having worked as Corporate Human Resources Manager at Diageo (2012-2013) and C&A (2013-2015), Human Resources Director at Carrefour (2015 – 2017) and GPA (2017-2021). Currently, he has held the position of CHRO at Elfa Medicamentos since October 2021.

Marcelo Arantes is an Engineer with an MBA Degree in Finance from Saint Mary’s University, Canada, and a Postgraduate Degree in Business Management from FGV. Marcelo has a solid track record leading large multifunctional teams in the P&L Business Unit model and Supply Chain, in companies such as Leroy Merlin Brazil, Grupo Pão de Açúcar, LATAM Airlines Group, TAM Linhas Aéreas, Login Logística Intermodal, América Latina Logística (ALL) and Ambev. Marcelo also has worked in the industrial sector, inclusing the four modes of transportation (air, maritime, rail, and road), and in retail. He holds a Black Belt certification, with extensive experience leading production line startups and productivity improvement projects.

With an MBA in Marketing from FGV, Sérgio has over 17 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on multinational companies such as Roche and Mantecorp, especially in the strategic commercial area, through leading sales teams, into public and private channels. Sérgio also has extensive knowledge in the distribution segment, as well as a track record leading commercial departments in major corporate groups.

Giulia Scalercio, is an administrator and accountant (active CRC), graduated from Universidade Paulista, member of IIA (Institute of Internal Auditors of Brazil) and SCCE (Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics). Executive with 30 years of experience in Audit, Compliance and Fraud Prevention, working in companies such as PwC, Unilever, Danone, Syngenta and Embraer (certification by D.O.J – Department of Justice of USA).  She currently holds the position of Director in Management & Transformation, working with the investees of Pátria Investimentos in Brazil and its subsidiaries abroad. In Pátria Investimentos, she is also responsible for validating the controls of the Confidential Channel, supporting and carrying out internal investigations.

Daniel Nascimento, accountant (CRC active), Master in Controllership and Accounting from FIPECAFI, MBA in Controllership and Finance from FGV/SP, IBGC Certified Tax Advisor and Mergers and Acquisitions Director at ANEFAC/SP (mandate 2021-2022). Executive with more than 25 years’ experience in the Controllership area in Brazilian publicly traded companies listed in Brazil and the USA (Suzano, Ambev and Braskem), with a high level of Corporate Governance in a SOX environment.
He has been working in the Value Creation area of Patria Finance with Private Equity Fund investees in the health, food retail, industrial, agribusiness and distribution segments, among others, and in Infrastructure Funds in the energy, highways and telecommunications segments, among others, in the search for continuous improvement of financial processes and optimization of resources, in addition, providing technical support in M&A transactions, IPOs, SOX implementation, structured finance raising and relationships with external auditing firms and external consultants, as well as managing the Shared Services Center with the Property and Real Estate (Forestry) areas, tax compliance, Accounts Payable and Receivable, Credit and Collection and acting as a member of the Audit Committee and Audit Boards.

Ms. Navarro has an undergraduate degree in biomedical sciences from Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes (1977) and graduate degrees in business administration from FGV (1996) and from Smith College (2002). She has extensive professional experience, having held the positions of Research and Development Assistant/Quality Assurance Supervisor (1978-1988), Technical Market Assistance (1988-1989), Technical Sales Representative (1992-1994), Market Development Manager (1995-1997), Head of Business Unit (1997-1999), Chief Corporate Affairs Officer (2000-2002), Regional Vice President (2003-2011), Managing Director of the medical and hospital products area (2007-2013), and Senior Vice President (2012-2014) at Johnson & Johnson, having accumulated 35 years of experience at that company. She has also held the position of Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Fundação Robert Wood Johnson (2010-2020), member of the Advisory Board of Great Place to Work Brasil (since 2014), and member of the Committee for Corporate Governance in Health at the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa), or IBGC (since 2014). Ms. Maria Regina is an independent director, elected according to the independence criteria established in art. 16, first paragraph of B3’s ‘Novo Mercado’ Listing Regulation, the Board of Directors’ Internal Regulations and the Bylaws.

Mrs. Lira is a lawyer ans has graduate degrees in Corporate Law by FGV and LLM in Corporate Law by INSPER. Currently, she is responsible for Risk Management and Compliance and Coordinator of the Risk Committees of several companies in the sectors of health, agribusiness, food & beverage, among other segments in Brazil and Colombia. She was President of the OAB / SSP Studies Commission of Labor Relations of the Health Insdustry in the period from 2015 to 2019 and was also Coordinator of the Legal Chamber of the Brazilian Association of Diagnostic Medicine – ABRAMED in the period from 2010 to 2017. She has experience as a Director Legal, Risk Management and Compliance in a Publicly-Held Company listed on the Novo Mercado. She is a partner at the law firm Lira Advogados and does not hold positions in other companies or organizations in the third sector.

Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Director at Elfa. Executive with 20 years of professional experience, including 15 years at Patria (Private Equity and Infrastructure) and 6 years at Citibank (Corporate Credit Risk). Rafael holds a degree in Business Administration from FGV-EAESP and is also Director of Healthcare Investments at Patria Private Equity. Prior to his current position, he led the M&A department at Elfa and Opersan Resíduos, and has previously led investment teams at Patria Infrastructure in the sanitation, energy, and oil & gas sectors.

J.R. Ferraz has 32 years of international experience in leading healthcare organizations in a variety of segments such as Surgery, Specialty Pharmaceuticals, E-Commerce and OTC Retail. He was a senior executive positions at Livanova plc, Nestle Health and Johnson & Johnson and has had board experience in Brazil and internationally. J.R. holds a degree in Business Administration and a postgraduate degree in Marketing and International Finance, both with honors from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

Marcelo Pratini is a lawyer, graduated in Law from Faculdade Milton Campos, with an LLM in Corporate Law from INSPER and a Master in Corporate Criminal Law from Universidade Luiss Guido Carli (Rome, Italy). He has extensive professional experience, having worked for law firms such as Paulo André Rohrmann Advogados Associados (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil), Ariosvaldo Campos Pires Advogados (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) and Macchi di Cellere Gangemi (Rome, Italy). Before joining Elfa, he worked as an associate lawyer at Lefosse Advogados (São Paulo, SP, Brazil).

Marcelo Arantes is an Engineer with an MBA Degree in Finance from Saint Mary’s University, Canada, and a Postgraduate Degree in Business Management from FGV. Marcelo has a solid track record leading large multifunctional teams in the P&L Business Unit model and Supply Chain, in companies such as Leroy Merlin Brazil, Grupo Pão de Açúcar, LATAM Airlines Group, TAM Linhas Aéreas, Login Logística Intermodal, América Latina Logística (ALL) and Ambev. Marcelo also has worked in the industrial sector, inclusing the four modes of transportation (air, maritime, rail, and road), and in retail. He holds a Black Belt certification, with extensive experience leading production line startups and productivity improvement projects.

J.R. Ferraz has 32 years of international experience in leading healthcare organizations in a variety of segments such as Surgery, Specialty Pharmaceuticals, E-Commerce and OTC Retail. He was a senior executive positions at Livanova plc, Nestle Health and Johnson & Johnson and has had board experience in Brazil and internationally. J.R. holds a degree in Business Administration and a postgraduate degree in Marketing and International Finance, both with honors from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

Graduated in business administration from PUC – MG and post-graduated in finance and controllership from Fundação Dom Cabral. He has extensive professional experience, with multidisciplinary training in Human Resources, Planning, Sales and Projects and international experience in Human Resources, with a focus on implementing organizational culture principles, valuing the corporate environment, engagement, implementation of excellence programs and management processes . Having worked as Corporate Human Resources Manager at Diageo (2012-2013) and C&A (2013-2015), Human Resources Director at Carrefour (2015 – 2017) and GPA (2017-2021). Currently, he has held the position of CHRO at Elfa Medicamentos since October 2021.

Marcelo Pratini is a lawyer, graduated in Law from Faculdade Milton Campos, with an LLM in Corporate Law from INSPER and a Master in Corporate Criminal Law from Universidade Luiss Guido Carli (Rome, Italy). He has extensive professional experience, having worked for law firms such as Paulo André Rohrmann Advogados Associados (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil), Ariosvaldo Campos Pires Advogados (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) and Macchi di Cellere Gangemi (Rome, Italy). Before joining Elfa, he worked as an associate lawyer at Lefosse Advogados (São Paulo, SP, Brazil).

Giulia Scalercio, is an administrator and accountant (active CRC), graduated from Universidade Paulista, member of IIA (Institute of Internal Auditors of Brazil) and SCCE (Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics). Executive with 30 years of experience in Audit, Compliance and Fraud Prevention, working in companies such as PwC, Unilever, Danone, Syngenta and Embraer (certification by D.O.J – Department of Justice of USA). She currently holds the position of Director in Management & Transformation, working with the investees of Pátria Investimentos in Brazil and its subsidiaries abroad. In Pátria Investimentos, she is also responsible for validating the controls of the Confidential Channel, supporting and carrying out internal investigations.

Graduated in business administration from PUC – MG and post-graduated in finance and controllership from Fundação Dom Cabral. He has extensive professional experience, with multidisciplinary training in Human Resources, Planning, Sales and Projects and international experience in Human Resources, with a focus on implementing organizational culture principles, valuing the corporate environment, engagement, implementation of excellence programs and management processes . Having worked as Corporate Human Resources Manager at Diageo (2012-2013) and C&A (2013-2015), Human Resources Director at Carrefour (2015 – 2017) and GPA (2017-2021). Currently, he has held the position of CHRO at Elfa Medicamentos since October 2021.

Worked for 15 years (1999-2015) at Ab-inbev group, mostly as part of the people management and quality improvement Executive in Brazil, working in several areas of HR and total quality, in several states. Stood out for being part of the team that developed Ab-inbev’s management tools for business performance (Program of Excellence), Today’s tool kits, known as VPO management program, has been disseminated worldwide. Expertise in union relations. Worked for 6 years (2015-2021) at Elfa, led the transformation process of the post-acquired company Pátria, implementing systematic management, the Corporate University and OBZ (zero-based budget).

J.R. Ferraz has 32 years of international experience in leading healthcare organizations in a variety of segments such as Surgery, Specialty Pharmaceuticals, E-Commerce and OTC Retail. He was a senior executive positions at Livanova plc, Nestle Health and Johnson & Johnson and has had board experience in Brazil and internationally. J.R. holds a degree in Business Administration and a postgraduate degree in Marketing and International Finance, both with honors from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

Ms. Navarro has an undergraduate degree in biomedical sciences from Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes (1977) and graduate degrees in business administration from FGV (1996) and from Smith College (2002). She has extensive professional experience, having held the positions of Research and Development Assistant/Quality Assurance Supervisor (1978-1988), Technical Market Assistance (1988-1989), Technical Sales Representative (1992-1994), Market Development Manager (1995-1997), Head of Business Unit (1997-1999), Chief Corporate Affairs Officer (2000-2002), Regional Vice President (2003-2011), Managing Director of the medical and hospital products area (2007-2013), and Senior Vice President (2012-2014) at Johnson & Johnson, having accumulated 35 years of experience at that company. She has also held the position of Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Fundação Robert Wood Johnson (2010-2020), member of the Advisory Board of Great Place to Work Brasil (since 2014), and member of the Committee for Corporate Governance in Health at the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa), or IBGC (since 2014). Ms. Maria Regina is an independent director, elected according to the independence criteria established in art. 16, first paragraph of B3’s ‘Novo Mercado’ Listing Regulation, the Board of Directors’ Internal Regulations and the Bylaws.

Mr. Tobara is graduated in Technology with MBAs in Project Management at FIAP (2009) and in Business Management at FGV (2012). He also has other courses as the Immersion in Silicon Valley – San Francisco USA, Microsoft Cloud Journey – Seatle USA and Digital Transformation and Cloud course AWS – Seatle USA. He has extensive professional experience with more than 21 years of work in the technology area, having held the positions of Director of Technology and Digital at Sapore SA (2019 to 2020), Advisor to startup CVM Solutions (2019 to 2020), Head of Digital Business and Analytics at Duratex (2015 – 2019), Head of Systems Development at the LTM Group (2014 – 2015), Product Head at Prismah (2013 – 2014), Project Manager at GetNet (2013 – 2012), Project Manager at Redecard (2009 – 2011), and Technical Leader in the Honda Group (2006 – 2009). He is still a member of the advisory board of CIONET, a member of the board of LATAM CIOs of Microsoft, a member of the IT Strategic Committee of Amcham – American Chamber of Commerce, an investor and advisor to the startup LinkApi Solutions, and a mentor to startups of the acceleration program of Vedacit.

Mr. Pelegrini has undergraduate degree in Business Administration from FASP – Faculdades Associadas de São Paulo (1987) and graduate degrees in Marketing from FGV (1992) and from Columbia University in New York (1995), and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School (2017). He has extensive professional experience, having held the positions of chief small and medium business officer (2002), Vice President of Finance for Latin America (2002-2005), General Manager of GTS in Italy (2006-2007), National Managing Director (2007-2012), Vice President of emerging market industries (2012-2014), and General Manager for Latin America (2014-2017) at IBM, having accumulated 29 years of experience at that company. He currently holds the position of CEO & Co-Founder at Quantum4 Innovation Solutions (since 2017).

J.R. Ferraz has 32 years of international experience in leading healthcare organizations in a variety of segments such as Surgery, Specialty Pharmaceuticals, E-Commerce and OTC Retail. He was a senior executive positions at Livanova plc, Nestle Health and Johnson & Johnson and has had board experience in Brazil and internationally. J.R. holds a degree in Business Administration and a postgraduate degree in Marketing and International Finance, both with honors from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).