Brazil: Votorantim Cimentos has appointed Antonio Miguel Sousa Pelicano as Executive Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations. He has succeeded CEO Osvaldo Ayres Filho in the role. Filho took the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Investor Relations in May 2024 on a temporary basis when Bianca Nasser Patrocínio resigned.
Sousa Pelicano, a Portuguese national, holds a degree in economics from the University of Coimbra in Portugal and an International MBA in Administration from Rutgers Business School in the US. He has held executive positions at Cimpor and Votorantim Cimentos EAA (VCEAA). He worked at Cimpor from 2003 to 2012 starting his career as an IT Project Manager and eventually becoming the Country CFO. He also gained experience working in various countries, such as Morocco, Tunisia, Türkiye, China and Mozambique. Since 2012, he has been working at VCEAA, where he held the position of CFO in China. In 2019, he was responsible for creating the holding company VCI in Luxembourg, where he worked as CFO. In 2020, he took the position of CFO of VCEAA.
