Overview & Shareholder Structure
BR Partners values ethics and transparency in conducting its business and believes that the existence of proper corporate governance is part of its responsibility to society. Senior management is committed to maintain a robust environment of preventive controls, in line with best market practices and international recommendations.
The institution’s command is a joint committee, with the final decision being taken by its executive directors through Committees and the Board of Directors Composed by 6 members out of which 2 are independent.The Board of Directors ensures that BR Partners has a good level of governance, in addition to providing great operational agility, which is one of its competitive advantages in the market.
Board of Directors
Ricardo Fleury Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Lacerda
Board Member
Mr. Ricardo holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, a postgraduate degree in Finance from FundaçãoGetúlio Vargas, and a master’s in finance from Columbia University. He has extensive experience in the segment of financial institutions, with an emphasis on financial advice. As founder of the BR Partners Group (2009), Mr. Ricardo holds the position of CEO in several subsidiaries of the economic group. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2009. Previously, he served as Head of the Citi Investment Bank in Brazil (2005-2009) and Latin America (2007-2009). He held the positions of Chief Executive Officer in Brazil (2001-2005) and Vice President of the Investment Bank in New York (1996-2001) at Goldman Sachs Investment Bank. Mr. Ricardo does not hold management positions in other companies or third sector organizations.
José Flávio Ferreira Ramos
Board Member
Mr. José Flávio has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a specialization in Finance from Centro Universitário UNA. He has more than forty years of experience in the financial market. Mr. José was CEO of BR Partners Banco until 2016, and in July of 2021 he returned to the same post of CEO. He was Executive Director of Emerald Gestão de Investimentos (2008-2012) and Chief Financial Officer at Citibank (2001-2008).
Jairo Eduardo Loureiro Filho
Chairman of the Board
Mr. Jairo holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from FundaçãoGetúlio Vargas and an MBA from Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He has extensive experience in the segment of financial institutions, with an emphasis on financial advice. Mr. Jairo was part of the founding team of Grupo BR Partners (2009). He holds the position of director in several subsidiaries of the economic group and currently a member of the Board of Directors. Previously, he served as co-head (2009) and as Managing Director (2007-2009) of Citi Investment Bank in Brazil. Mr. Jairo held the position of Vice President at Goldman Sachs Investment Bank (2000-2007) and served at Salomon Brothers in New York (1996-2000). Mr. Jairo does not hold management positions in other companies or organizations in the third sector.
Danilo Depieri Catarucci
Board Member
Mr. Danilo holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Economics from FundaçãoGetúlio Vargas, Administration and Accounting at the University of São Paulo. He has extensive experience in the segment of financial institutions. He holds the position of director at BR Partners Banco de Investimento (Investment Bank) S.A. and at BR Partners Assessoria de Mercados de Capitais e Dívida (Capital Markets and Debt advisory) Ltda. since 2016. Mr. Danilo is currently a member of the Board of Directors. Previously, he served as Senior Transactor at XP Investimentos (2011-2012), was a Partner at Pluribus Investimentos (2010-2011), Associate at Alvarez and Marsal do Brasil (2008-2010), Associate at Citigroup (2006-2008) and Analyst at BES Investimento do Brasil (2004-2006). Mr. Danilo does not hold management positions in other companies or organizations in the third sector.
Eduardo Bunker Gentil
Independent Board Member
Mr. Eduardo holds a BA in History and Economics from Princeton University and an MBA with a specialization in finance from New York University. He served as Director of JP Morgan (1983-1994) in Brazil and New York, Director of Goldman Sachs responsible for the bank’s first office in Brazil (1994-2001), Director of BNDES responsible for BNDESPAR (2001-2002), President of Visa do Brasil (2003-2007), Director of Credit Suisse (2007-2008), and Director of Unibanco and Banco Itaú (2008-2010). In 2010, he joined Prof. John Davis at Cambridge Family Enterprise Group, , a position he still holds today. In addition, he was a member of the statutory boards of Klabin and Globocabo (2001), Ecorodovias (2009-2012), Visa Vale, and Chairman of the Visanet board of directors (2004-2007). He was an advisor to RBS in the years 2014-2015. He is also a board member of Evora (since 2015), SLC Logemann (since 2016) and Fastshop (since 2013), in addition to the Graduate School of São Paulo (2000-2005). In 2015, he became a member of the Family Business Governance Committee at IBGC.
Carla Trematore
Independent Board Member
Mrs. Carla holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP and in Accounting Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais – PUC Minas. She worked at the independent audit firms Arthur Andersen, Deloitte and EY between 1996 and 2010. She was a partner at Hirashima & Associados, where she led accounting and financial consulting services, and served as a consultant for the Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Contábeis, Actuarial e Financeira- FIPECAFI. From July 2014 to August 2017, she held the position of controller in electricity generation companies. She was chairman of the Audit Committee of Caixa Econômica Federal and Board Member of BRB – Banco de Brasília. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of BR Partners and of fiscal councils and audit committees.
Shareholder Structure
