Ms. Maria Letícia de Freitas Costa holds a degree in Production Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (USP) and an MBA from the Samuel Curtis Johnson School of Management at Cornell University. She currently serves as an Independent Director and Coordinator of the Strategy Committee at TOTVS S.A., is a partner at SLP Consultoria e Treinamento Ltda., an Independent Director and Coordinator of the Audit, Risks and Compliance Committee at Localiza S.A., an Independent Director at Mapfre S.A., an Independent Director at Auren Energia S.A., and an Independent Director and Coordinator of the Audit Committee at Mobly S.A. From 2001 to 2010, Ms. Letícia served as President of the operations of Booz Allen Hamilton (now Strategy&). She has also served as a Director at Embraer, Sadia, Gafisa, Technip, and Marcopolo, in addition to being a Board Committee Member at Votorantim Industrial, Votorantim Metais, CBA, and Bematech. Main Contributions to the Company: Experience on Boards; Executive Career in Public and/or Large Companies; Experience in the Technology Sector; Entrepreneurship; Finance and/or Corporate Accounting; Risk Management; M&A; Disruptive Business Models; Information Technology; Sales and Distribution.
Name | Position |
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Maria Leticia de Freitas Costa | Committee Coordinator |
Dennis Herszkowicz | Permanent Guest |
Guilherme Stocco Filho | Committee Member |
Laércio José de Lucena Cosentino | Committee Member |
Mr. Dennis Herszkowicz graduated in Advertising and Marketing from ESPM. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and is an independent member of the Board of Directors of Grupo Equatorial Energia. Between 2003 and 2018, he was Partner and Statutory Director of Linx S.A., holding several Vice President positions, and was a Member of the Board of Directors from 2011 to 2014. Between 2012 and 2017, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer, being responsible for the IPO in 2013 and the follow-on in 2016, in addition to leading 20 acquisitions during this period. Between 2017 and 2018, he was Executive Vice President of New Markets, a Business Unit focused on FinTech. Prior to Linx, he was General Director of DeRemate.com in Brazil, founder and CEO of Gibraltar.com, and held positions at Unilever and Credicard S.A.
Mr. Guilherme Stocco Filho has extensive experience in creating digital businesses and business transformation, with more than 20 years of experience. He was responsible for successful projects in Digital Banking (Banco Original), Mobile and E-commerce (Buscapé), Internet Platforms (Microsoft), and Advertising (TeRespondo). He is currently a member of the Board of Directors and the Strategy Committee of TOTVS S.A., a member of the Board of Directors of Vinci Partners, and Co-founder of Futurum Capital. He was a member of the Advisory Board of B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão, Grupo Carrefour Brasil, Hapvida, and Cielo S.A. Speaker on Trends and Innovation, with more than 120 lectures delivered in Brazil, Latin America, Canada, the United States, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. He holds a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado – FAAP (1997), a postgraduate degree in Marketing from the same institution (2007), an MBA in Management from Insper (2010), and a Marketing certificate from the University of California, Berkeley (1996). Main Contributions to the Company: Experience on Boards; Executive Career in Public and/or Large Companies; Experience in the Technology Sector; Entrepreneurship; M&A; Disruptive Business Models; Cybersecurity; Information Technology; Sales and Distribution.
Mr. Laércio José de Lucena Cosentino is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of TOTVS and a member of the Strategy Committee, Governance and Nomination Committee, and People and Remuneration Committee. Graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (USP), his career and history have been consolidated in the IT sector, especially with the founding of TOTVS in 1983. The company is the absolute leader in Brazil and operates in 41 countries. Laércio Cosentino is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Association of Information and Communication Technology Companies (Brasscom), Chairman of the Board of Mendelics, and a member of the Board of A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, among other activities. Main Contributions to the Company: Experience on Boards; Executive Career in Public and/or Large Companies; Reference Businessman in the Technology Sector and in Brazil; Institutional Performance and Engagement; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Governance; M&A; Disruptive Business Model; Human Capital and Culture Strategy; Cybersecurity; Diversity and Inclusion; Capital Markets; Information Technology; Sales and Distribution.
The Strategy Committee will be composed of up to four (4) members, with three (3) being Directors, with the majority being independent, and the Company’s Chief Executive Officer will participate as a permanent guest in the meeting and without the right to vote.
The responsibilities of the Strategy Committee are:
(i) Analyze and discuss topics relevant to building the Vision of the Future / Strategic Plan and evaluate the Company’s actual capacity to deliver them;
(ii) Evaluate the proposals from the Board of Executive Officers to execute the Vision of the Future / Strategic Plan;
(iii) Evaluate the proposals from the Board of Executive Officers for possible merger and acquisition operations (M&A) to execute the Vision of the Future / Strategic Plan;
(iv) Provide opinion on proposals from the Board of Executive Officers and submit it to the Board;
(v) To monitor the progress of proposals from the Board of Executive Officers at the Board and suggest corrections, if necessary;
(vi) Inform the Board of the status of Board of Executive Officers’ proposals; and
(vii) Perform a self-appraisal of its activities and identify opportunities for improvement.