SENIOR ADVISOR - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Christopher Johnson, FCA

• Experienced Group Chief Financial Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry, manufacturing and audit and logistics.
• Skilled in Business Planning, Management, Business Intelligence, Auditing, M&A Integration, Financial Analysis and Team Leadership.
• Strong finance professional with a Global Executive OneMBA focused on multicultural global management from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, RSM Erasmus, UNC-Chapel Hill, FGV-EASP and EGADE.
• Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA). BDO and EY.

SENIOR ADVISOR - ADVOCACY

Eduardo Luque

• Member of the Executive Committee of Grupo Irko.
• Chairman of the Fiscal Councils of Qualicorp S.A..
• Natura &Co (until April 2021) and the Antônio and Helena Zerrenner Foundation (Ambev Foundation);
• Member of the Fiscal Councils of Itausa S.A. and Ambev;
• Member of the Board of Directors and chairman of the Audit Committee of Cantu Store S.A;
• Member of the Audit Committee of Focus Energia S.A (until March 2022); 
• Vice-president of ABRAPSA (Brazilian Association of Administrative Service Providers);
• Member of IBRACON (Independent Audit Institute of Brazil), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), IBGC (Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance) and Brazilian Accounting Institutes (CRC and CFC);
• PwC partner from 2004 to 2016 (27 years of total career, with a 3-year exchange program in the USA) with extensive experience in serving large business groups, including IPOs and SEC filings.
• ACCA Certificate in IFRS (International Financial Reporting) 

SENIOR ADVISOR - LAW

Gabriel Sister

• Experience since 1998 serving some of the largest national and international companies from different industries in strategic tax matters with special emphasis on tax planning and transactions (M&A), restructuring, consulting and tax litigation.
• Degree in Law from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie;
• Specialist in Administration from the Business School São Paulo;
• Advanced International Tax Law Program at the International Tax Center at Leiden University; Specialist in Tax Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV); LL.M. in Financial Market Law at IBMEC (Insper).
• Acted as Executive Director in the Transaction Advisory Services practice at Ernst&Young (EY). Partner in the Tax Area of TozziniFreire and a lawyer at Pinheiro Neto Advogados.
• Appointed by Chambers and Partners Global as Leading Lawyer in Tax; Appointed by Chambers and Partners Latin America as Leading Lawyer in Tax.

SENIOR ADVISOR - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE

José Luiz Ribeiro de Carvalho

• Vice-President of the Grupo Latino-Americano de Emissores de Normas Internacionais Financeiras. 
• Experience in Internal Control and Financial Analysis. 
• Councilor of the Conselho Regional de Contabilidade do Estado de São Paulo (CRC-SP). 
• Member of the Comitê de Exame de Qualificação Técnica do CFC (CAE).