Our board of directors is responsible for establishing our general business policies, long-term strategy and monitoring our board of executive officers, among other responsibilities, such as selecting our independent auditors. Pursuant to our bylaws, our board of directors must comprise a minimum of five members and a maximum of nine members. Our board of directors consists of five members elected for two-year terms at our general shareholders’ meeting and re-election is permitted.
Name |
Office |
Election date |
End of Mandate |
Ilson Mateus Rodrigues |
Chairman |
April 20, 2022 |
2 years |
Mr. Ilson is our controlling shareholder. He founded Grupo Mateus in 1986, in the city of Balsas, state of Maranhão. Mr. Ilson completed his primary education and started to work at 12 years of age, as an apprentice. He later became a turner. He worked in gold digging in the 1980s and, with the little money he earned, he invested, persisted and built the largest retail food chain in Brazil with a capital stock that is entirely held by Brazilian shareholders. Mr. Ilson is also a shareholder of Armazém Mateus S.A., Mateus Supermercados, Indústria de Pães e Massas Mateus LTDA. and Rio Balsas Participações e Empreendimentos LTDA.
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Ilson Mateus Júnior |
Vice-Chairman |
April 20, 2022 |
2 years |
Mr. Ilson Mateus Júnior holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and an MBA in management from Fundação Dom Cabral. He attended the Program for Management Development at IESE Barcelona. He is the controlling shareholder and chief executive officer of Black Swan, the largest innovation center in the North and Northeast regions in Brazil, and he is the co-founder of Niduu, an app focused on corporate training through gamification.
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Jesuíno Martins Borges Filho |
Member |
April 20, 2022 |
2 years |
Mr. Borges joined us in 1997 as administrative assistant. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He served as our marketing advisor, sales manager, chief wholesale commercial officer, chief retail commercial officer, chief wholesale and retail commercial officer, and vice-chairman. He holds equity interest in Posterus Supermercados LTDA. (Camiño).
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Carlos Henrique Bandeira de Mello Junior |
Independent Member |
April 20, 2022 |
2 years |
Mr. Mello holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Faculdade Cândido Mendes, in Rio de Janeiro, and an MBA in management from the Western International University, in London. He has more than 30 years of experience in senior management positions in large companies and financial institutions, primarily in construction and management of large retail financial businesses, with an in-depth knowledge of the Brazilian and international markets. From 2007 to 2012, he served as chief executive officer of Banco Carrefour, responsible for the conversion of the former Carrefour private label into a bank with a broad portfolio of products and excellent results. Also in 2012, Mr. Mello founded K.I.Q. Assessoria Empresarial, serving as chief executive officer and conducting a number of strategic review projects for financial institutions, including the strategic review of Banco Topázio and the redesign of JSL’s pre-paid cards. From 2015 to 2018, he served as chief executive officer in the restructuring of Banco Topázio.
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Sergio Alexandre Figueiredo Clemente |
Independent Member |
January 17, 2024 |
Until the OGM 2024 |
Sergio is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Investment Committee of Latache Capital. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Banco Daycoval, Helbor Empreendimentos S.A, among others. Previously, he was an Executive Vice-President at Banco Bradesco S.A. Additionally, he was Director of Bradespar, Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Vale S.A. and Senior Advisor of Orix USA. Sergio has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from PUC-MG, an MBA from Ibmec and PGA –Fundação Dom Cabral and INSEAD.
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