Decision Makers
Board of Directors
André Müller Borges has been Net´s Chief Legal Counsel since January 2002. Mr. Borges joined Organizações Globo in 1999 as Chief Legal Counsel of Distribution and Telecommunications, in which position he served until 2001, when he joined Net Serviços as a Corporate Officer, responsible for its legal, corporate and regulatory obligations. Previously, he was a law partner at the law firm Tozzini, Freire, Teixeira e Silva Advogados. Mr. Borges holds a degree in Law from the Faculdade Paulista de Direito of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica of São Paulo.
José Antônio Guaraldi Félix has been Net´s Chief Operating Officer since May 2003. Previously, he was a regional officer at Net Serviços for two years. Prior to that he was an officer of Net Sul, where he headed 16 operations in Southern Brazil. Mr. Félix worked at RBS from 1980 to 1990, holding various positions in the operational area. Mr. Felix has a degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.
José Paulo de Freitas has been Net´s Chief Human Resources and Organizational Development Officer since July 2003. He is responsible for Human Resources, Quality and Change Managing. He joined Net Serviços as the Regional Officer for the São Paulo region in September 2000. Previously, he worked as Vanity Fair’s Chief Operating Officer for the Brazilian branch from 1999 to 2000, where he was responsible for the Structuring, Sourcing and Operations Division (customer service, planning, purchasing, engineering, quality, distribution center and human resources). Before this, he held several positions at Grupo Algar, culminating in his serving as Chief Executive Officer. Currently, Mr. Freitas serves as the Labour Union Chairman. He has an administration degree from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-SP), São Paulo and a degree in Economics from Universidade de São Paulo.
Roberto Irineu Marinho has been a member of the Board since February 2000 and has served as Chairman of the Board ever since. He is also the President and Chief Executive Officer of Organizações Globo, a conglomerate of companies in Brazil’s media and entertainment industries. Mr. Marinho began his career at the newspaper O Globo, where he served in a variety of assignments culminating in his appointment as the newspaper’s director. In 1978, Mr. Marinho was appointed Executive Vice President of Globo TV Network and in 1990 he became Executive Vice President of Organizações Globo. Mr. Marinho is a member of the boards of Amparo Agropecuária S.A., Centropec-Agropecuária do Centro-Oeste S.A., Editora Globo S.A., Globo Agropecuária S.A., Globo Comunicações e Participações S.A. and Globo S.A. He has a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas.
Augusto César Roxo de Urzedo Rocha Filho graduated in Civil Engineering from Universidade Fluminense (UF-RJ) in 1988 and received an MBA from NYU in 1992. Before becoming Globopar’s Financial Planning and Business Follow-up Director, he worked at Net Serviços de Comunicação as Treasury and Capital Market Director for six years and was a capital market analyst at Banco Bozano Simonsen for five years.
Carlos Henrique Moreira has been a member of the Board since April 29, 2005. He has a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering from the Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica. Currently he is Embratel’s chairman of the Board of Directors. Previously he held the positions of Chief Executive Officer at Algar Telecom Leste, Vice-President at Xerox, Vice-President at ABM, Operations Executive Officer at Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicações S.A., member of TELERJ’s Board of Directors, member of TELESP’s Board of Directors and Operations Executive Officer at Standard Electrica S.A. He was also the appointed Vice-Chairman of the International Telecommunication Union, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and he is also a former member of Intelsat in Washington D.C., representing the Brazilian government from 1966 to 1974
Edgard Lobão dos Santos sat on NET’s Board of Directors from April 19, 2004 to April 30, 2006, and now once again has a seat on the Board, which he has held since March 31, 2008. He worked at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) from 1976 to 2005 and sat on the Board of Directors of Companhia Estadual de Gás. He earned a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1971 and a master’s degree in industrial engineering with specialization in finance from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ) in 1973.
João Adalberto Elek Jr. has been Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer since March 2007. He has been the Chief Executive Officer for Telmex do Brasil from March 2004 to March 2006. Prior to that, he was the Chief Executive Officer for AT&T Latin América do Brasil since 2002. He joined AT&T Latin América do Brasil as Financial Vice President. In the second half of 2001, Mr. Elek started working as an Acting Corporate CFO in the United States. Previously, he was the Consumer Business’ CFO at Citibank. He graduated in Electronic Engineering from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, and received a MBA in Marketing Planning from COPPE-AD/UFRJ and is a graduate of Columbia Business School Mergers and Acquisitions post-graduate program.
Juarez de Queiroz Campos Júnior has been a member of the Board since April 19, 2004. In February 2001, he was appointed to the position of Executive Director of Globo.com, and in July 2003 of Globo Filmes. Previously, Mr. Queiroz was Telemar’s Marketing & Corporate Vice President and the Marketing Officer of Souza Cruz S.A. Mr. Juarez Queiroz has a bachelor’s degree in Law from USP/PUC and a degree in Business Administration from EAESP/FGV.
Marcos da Cunha Carneiro has been a member of the Board since April 19, 2004. In October 2002, he was appointed to the position of Executive Officer of Globopar. Previously, he worked as a Corporate Relations Officer and Tax Planning Manager at Globopar since 1991. He has also worked as a Manager at Arthur Andersen’s Tax Division
Mauro Szwarcwald has been a member of our board of directors since April 28, 2006. Currently he is Partner Director at Aplus Consultoria. Previously, he worked as Marketing Vice President at Oracle and Telemar. He also worked as Commercial Operations Executive Director at Xerox do Brasil. Mauro Szwarcwald has a Masters of Science in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Rochester.
Rossana Fontenele Berto has been a member of the Board since April 30, 2003. Ms. Berto has been Director of Strategic Planning of TV Globo and Globopar since 2002. Prior to that, Ms. Berto was the General Officer of Sky Brasil from 1999 to February 2002, General Officer of Net Rio from 1998 to 1999 and Controller of Multicanal from 1993 to 1998. She has a B.A. degree from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and an MBA degree from Coppead/UFRJ (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
Sérgio Lourenço Marques has been a member of our board of directors since April 28, 2006. He has been Globo’s Treasury Director since February 2000. Previously, he worked as controller and portfolio manager at Banco Pactual per five years. He also worked at Atlantic Petróleo and Companhia Brasileira de Petróleo Ipiranga.
Stefan Alexander has been a member of our board of directors since September 2000. Currently, he is Corporate Finance Director of Organizações Globo. Previously, Mr. Alexander held other positions relating to finance planning and investor relations at Globopar. Prior to joining Globopar, he was the Director of Capital Markets in Brazil at Bank of America. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro.
- 2005-09-20
