Osvaldo Burgos Schirmer

Osvaldo Burgos Schirmer. Independent Member of the Board of Directors since April 2012 and was Chairman of the Board from April 2013 to April 2019. On April 18, 2019, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors. He is Chairman of the People Committee, and a Member of the Company’s Audit and Risk Management Committee, with proven expertise in corporate accounting matters. He worked at the Gerdau Group from 1986 to January 2013 and was appointed Finance Director in 1987. He was Vice President of the Executive Committee of Gerdau SA, from 2002 to January 2013. He was also Vice President of Finance and Controllership and Investors Relations Director of Gerdau SA. He has been an independent member of the Board of Directors of SLC Agrícola SA, since June 2013, of YDUQS (Ex-Estácio), since April 2016, and chairs the Financial Committee to support the Board of that Institution, and CMPC Celulose, since June 2016. He is an Advisory Board member of SLC Participações, a closed family holding company of the SLC Group, since April 2017 and of FCC Companies (footwear and automotive products) and of META (developer of software and IT solutions). Founder and Partner of SBA – Schirmer and Associates Business Advisors, since January 2013. He is a member of the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Founder and partner of SBA – Schirmer and Associates Business Advisors, since January 2013. Since February 2013, he has been the Chairman of the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. He graduated in Business Administration from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, has a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Southern Illinois University (USA) and has concluded several specialization courses, among them one at the Harvard Business School (USA) in Administration for Senior Management.