Paulo Gurgel Valente

(Founder and Manager)

B.S. in Economics (1974) and MSc. in Industrial Engineering (1976) (Rio de Janeiro Federal University – UFRJ);

Certified Board Member (Brazilian Corporate Governance Institute – IBGC, 2009);

Former CFO at Kaiser Rio (1990-1991), a brewery owned by Heineken, at the time with US$ 140 million revenue.

Former CFO at CBV Indústria Mecânica S/A (1986-1990), oil production and military equipment listed at BOVESPA, at time with US$ 70 million revenue.

*Information about the artwork in the background:
Exhibition: Evandro Carneiro Gallery
Artist: Mario Mendonça
Title: Árvores
Description: oil on canvas, signed and dated Jan 20/Feb 20, titled and located Barra on the back, size 90 x 90 cm

Ronaldo Fiani

B.S. (1983), MSc. (1989) and PhD (2002) in Economics (Rio de Janeiro Federal University – UFRJ);

Assistant teacher at IE/UFRJ (since 1990);

Author of books and articles in Game Theory, Institutions and Industrial Economic Development;

ProFit associate consultant since 2000

*Information about the artwork in the background:
– Exhibition: Evandro Carneiro Gallery
– Artist: Jean Guillaume
– Title: Ruínas
– Description: oil on wood, signed and dated 1968, lower left, size 65.5 x 100 cm

Victor Catharino

ProFit associate since 2011.

B.S. in Economics (Rio de Janeiro Federal University – UFRJ)

CM&AA – Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 2015)

Corporate Finance MBA (Veiga de Almeida University);

Post-graduated in Real Estate Law (Veiga de Almeida University);

*Information about the artwork in the background:
– Exhibition: Evandro Carneiro Gallery
– Artist: Heitor dos Prazeres
– Title: Meninos Soltando Balão
– Description: oil on canvas, signed and dated 8.2.66, located Rio lower right, size 46 x 61 cm

Mariana Brilhante

Administrative assistant

Member of ProFit since 2011

*Information about the artwork in the background:
Exhibition: Evandro Carneiro Gallery
European Painting (19th Century)
Title: Vaso com Flores
Description: oil on canvas, unsigned, size 53.5 x 42.5 cm

Brenda Corcino

ProFit associate since 2024.

Graduate in Economics (UFRJ/2024), with previous experience in the areas of New Business (Supergasbras/2021-2022), Public-Private Partnerships and Macroeconomic Research (BNDES/2022-2024) and consultant at the junior business management company at UFRJ (Ayra /2021-2022);

Other academic experiences: junior researcher (GESEL-UFRJ/2022), and monitor of the Industrial Economics chair (UFRJ/2022-2024).