Management, Board and Committees

Mr. Claudio Roberto Ely is a senior consultant at Warburg Pincus. Prior to that, Mr. Ely was CEO at Drogasil S.A., where he led the company’s IPO process in 2007 and participated in the merger of Drogasil with Raia S.A., which resulted in Raiadrogasil S.A., Brazil’s largest pharmacy chain.
Mr. Ely was also CEO and held management positions at Banco Geral do Comércio, and was Managing Director at Camargo Correa Metais. Mr. Ely is currently a member of the Boards of Directors of Pet Center, DIMED Distribuidora de Medicamentos and Petrobrás Distribuidora, and a member of the Advisory Council of Eurofarma Laboratórios and Sequoia Logística. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.

Mr. Terra holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), a postgraduation degree from Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA) and a master’s degree from University of São Paulo. Mr. Terra has been serving as deliberative advisor to Savegnago Supermercados since 2014 and to Lopes Supermercado since 2016. He also serves at the strategy and innovation committee of Center Norte since 2017 and at the advisory board of Extrafarma / Grupo Ultra since 2018. He is also a partner at BTR Educação e Consultoria and Évolus Educação Digital, and serves as president of the Brazilian Society of Retail and Consumption – SBVC.

Mr. Gregory holds bachelor’s degrees in Economics and International Relations from the Yale College. Mr. Gregory Louis Reider is the Chairman of the Board of Lojas Uniao 1A99 S.A., Chairman of the Board of Sequoia Transportes e Logistica S.A., and senior consultant at Warburg Pincus, a global private equity investment manager and controlling shareholder of Pet Center. Prior to that, he was Principal at Warburg Pincus from 2012 to 2020, led the private equity area of BR Partners, an investment bank focused on medium-size companies, and worked at Och-Ziff Capital Management, carrying out alternative investments in energy and emerging markets. He was a Board member of Omega Geração.

Mr. Ricardo Dias graduated in Business Administration with focus in Marketing and International Business from Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and completed the AB Inbev Executive MBA at INSEAD, as well as Marketing specialization courses at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Kellogg School of Management. For almost 20 years, Mr. Ricardo Dias held several roles in Marketing at Ambev / Anheuser-Busch InBev around many countries, including England, Canada, China, Mexico and AB InBev’s global office in New York, receiving several international Marketing and Communications industry recognitions. In 2018, Mr. Ricardo accepted the position of Vice President of Marketing for Ambev in Brazil, through which he served for almost two years. In December 2020, he co-founded Adventures, Inc, a digital marketing and brand management agency.

Mr. Zimerman is our chief executive officer and founder. He created our brand (originally under the name Pet Center Marginal) in 2002 after identifying an underpenetrated market with a shortage of competitors. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UNIP – Universidade Paulista and an MBA in retail from the University of São Paulo. He has also taken executive courses in Europe and in the U.S. Early in his career as an entrepreneur, he founded companies in different retail segments, as for example, clothes and beverage. As our founder and chief executive officer, he has led our initial expansion, which in ten years reached the mark of 27 stores and a turnover ratio of R$200 million in 2012. In 2013, WP became our shareholder and Mr. Zimerman became a member of our board of directors, responsible for implementing our professionalization. We now have 110 stores, a turnover ratio of R$1.2 110 billion and also provide veterinary services under our brand Seres. Mr. Zimerman won the Entrepreneur of the Year award by the Shopping Mall Store Owners Association (ALSHOP) in 2018, intends to transform Petz into the largest and best chain of pet shops in Latin America

Ms. Zimerman holds a bachelor’s degree in management process and an MBA in retail from UBS University in São Paulo. In 2002, she started her career serving in our back-office department and was responsible for structuring certain departments, implementing management processes and coordinating the launch of new stores. She also led the first change in our internal systems and was responsible for developing our accounting department and our back-office structure. Ms. Zimerman also contributed to the creation of our loyalty program and created some new concepts within our stores, such as a unified reception and our first grooming center, where the tutors are able to watch their pets during the entire procedure. She also developed the Pet Safari which is located in our head office, seeking to create a different environment for the exposure of pets. From 2013 through 2019, she directly coordinated the two franchisees we had at the time. In 2016, Ms. Zimerman also created the Petz Play, our recreational space.

Current CFO and IRO of Petz, Aline joined the company in 2021 and is also in charge of M&A, Business Development, and ESG. From 2017 to 2021, Aline held the position of Chief Strategy Officer and Investor Relations Director of Arezzo&Co, responsible for structuring strategic initiatives to support the company’s accelerated growth, conducting five M&As (including the renowned brands Reserva and Vans) and the creation of ZZ Ventures, its Corporate venture capital arm. Previously, Aline worked in the financial Market, with fifteen years of experience in Investment Banking, Private Equity, and Equity Investments & Analysis (Buy-side), most of the time at HSBC Bank. In 2022, Aline was elected the best CFO executive in the Brazilian retail industry, awarded by Institutional Investor. She holds a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV.

Mr. Maia holds a bachelor´s degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa/Institute of Research and Teaching (INSPER), and a post-graduate degree in Supply Chain and Logistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Mr. Maia has more than fifteen years of experience in the retail market, areas in which he´s worked in many leadership positions, such as Supply Chain Manager at Carrefour for Brazil. In 2012, he joined Petz responsible for E-commerce, supply chain, and logistics. In 2022, he became the Vice-President of Digital, IT and Supply Chain. Mr. Maia does not hold positions in other third sector companies or organizations.

Mr. Cruz holds a bachelor´s degree in Business Administration and an MBA in Business Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). He has more than twenty years of experience in retail, especially in Operations and Expansion areas. Before joining Petz, Mr. Cruz worked at Hering, where he acted as Regional Operating Manager (RJ/MG/BA) and General Self-owned Stores Manager. In 2015, Mr. Cruz joined the company as Expansion and Operations Director and, in 2022, became the Vice-President of Operations, Expansion and Engineering. Mr. Cruz does not hold positions in other third sector companies or organizations.

Mr. Zimerman is our chief executive officer and founder. He created our brand (originally under the name Pet Center Marginal) in 2002 after identifying an underpenetrated market with a shortage of competitors. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UNIP – Universidade Paulista and an MBA in retail from the University of São Paulo. He has also taken executive courses in Europe and in the U.S. Early in his career as an entrepreneur, he founded companies in different retail segments, as for example, clothes and beverage. As our founder and chief executive officer, he has led our initial expansion, which in ten years reached the mark of 27 stores and a turnover ratio of R$200 million in 2012. In 2013, WP became our shareholder and Mr. Zimerman became a member of our board of directors, responsible for implementing our professionalization. We now have 110 stores, a turnover ratio of R$1.2 110 billion and also provide veterinary services under our brand Seres. Mr. Zimerman won the Entrepreneur of the Year award by the Shopping Mall Store Owners Association (ALSHOP) in 2018, intends to transform Petz into the largest and best chain of pet shops in Latin America

Mr. Coji holds a bachelor´s degree in business administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) and a law degree from Faculdade de São Francisco. With more than twenty years of experience in finance and administration, he acted as a private bank and family office director, as a board member at Via Varejo S.A., and was the CFO at Tecnisa S.A. for ten years. Currently, he is part of the board of directors and independent committee at Smiles Fidelidades S.A. and a supervisory board member at Tecnisa S.A., Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN), Via Varejo S.A. and B3. He also exercises his role as director of the Brazilian Israeli Foundation. Mr. Coji does not hold positions in other third sector companies or organizations.

Ms. Tokoro holds a bachelor´s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ), with expertise in systems, and an MBA in business administration from the Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets (IBMEC-RJ). She served as the B2B Vice-president at the Grupo Imagem and Oi. Currently, she is part of the board of directors at SulAmérica and CHESF. Ms. Tokoro does not hold positions in other third sector companies or organizations.

Mr. Claudio Roberto Ely is a senior consultant at Warburg Pincus. Prior to that, Mr. Ely was CEO at Drogasil S.A., where he led the company’s IPO process in 2007 and participated in the merger of Drogasil with Raia S.A., which resulted in Raiadrogasil S.A., Brazil’s largest pharmacy chain.
Mr. Ely was also CEO and held management positions at Banco Geral do Comércio, and was Managing Director at Camargo Correa Metais. Mr. Ely is currently a member of the Boards of Directors of Pet Center, DIMED Distribuidora de Medicamentos and Petrobrás Distribuidora, and a member of the Advisory Council of Eurofarma Laboratórios and Sequoia Logística. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.

Mr. Gregory holds bachelor’s degrees in Economics and International Relations from the Yale College. Mr. Gregory Louis Reider is the Chairman of the Board of Lojas Uniao 1A99 S.A., Chairman of the Board of Sequoia Transportes e Logistica S.A., and senior consultant at Warburg Pincus, a global private equity investment manager and controlling shareholder of Pet Center. Prior to that, he was Principal at Warburg Pincus from 2012 to 2020, led the private equity area of BR Partners, an investment bank focused on medium-size companies, and worked at Och-Ziff Capital Management, carrying out alternative investments in energy and emerging markets. He was a Board member of Omega Geração.

Ms. Tondato joined us in 2012 and currently serves as Director of Controllership and Tax, responsible for the areas of Controllership, Loss Prevention, Accounting, and Tax. In line with our goals to improve professionalization, she has led our asset drop-down process and the organization of our financial reports and controls. Previously, she worked at the external audit practice at Ernest & Young for approximately seven years, holding positions ranging from trainee to practice manager in the city of São Paulo. She is specialized in internal controls, back office process and financial reporting according to international accounting standards (IFRS). She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Centro Universitário Fundação Santo André.

Current CFO and IRO of Petz, Aline joined the company in 2021 and is also in charge of M&A, Business Development, and ESG. From 2017 to 2021, Aline held the position of Chief Strategy Officer and Investor Relations Director of Arezzo&Co, responsible for structuring strategic initiatives to support the company’s accelerated growth, conducting five M&As (including the renowned brands Reserva and Vans) and the creation of ZZ Ventures, its Corporate venture capital arm. Previously, Aline worked in the financial Market, with fifteen years of experience in Investment Banking, Private Equity, and Equity Investments & Analysis (Buy-side), most of the time at HSBC Bank. In 2022, Aline was elected the best CFO executive in the Brazilian retail industry, awarded by Institutional Investor. She holds a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV.

Mr. Claudio Roberto Ely is a senior consultant at Warburg Pincus. Prior to that, Mr. Ely was CEO at Drogasil S.A., where he led the company’s IPO process in 2007 and participated in the merger of Drogasil with Raia S.A., which resulted in Raiadrogasil S.A., Brazil’s largest pharmacy chain.
Mr. Ely was also CEO and held management positions at Banco Geral do Comércio, and was Managing Director at Camargo Correa Metais. Mr. Ely is currently a member of the Boards of Directors of Pet Center, DIMED Distribuidora de Medicamentos and Petrobrás Distribuidora, and a member of the Advisory Council of Eurofarma Laboratórios and Sequoia Logística. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.

Mr. Terra holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), a postgraduation degree from Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA) and a master’s degree from University of São Paulo. Mr. Terra has been serving as deliberative advisor to Savegnago Supermercados since 2014 and to Lopes Supermercado since 2016. He also serves at the strategy and innovation committee of Center Norte since 2017 and at the advisory board of Extrafarma / Grupo Ultra since 2018. He is also a partner at BTR Educação e Consultoria and Évolus Educação Digital, and serves as president of the Brazilian Society of Retail and Consumption – SBVC. Mr. Eduardo Terra does not hold positions in other third sector companies or organizations.

Mr. Gregory holds bachelor’s degrees in Economics and International Relations from the Yale College. Mr. Gregory Louis Reider is the Chairman of the Board of Lojas Uniao 1A99 S.A., Chairman of the Board of Sequoia Transportes e Logistica S.A., and senior consultant at Warburg Pincus, a global private equity investment manager and controlling shareholder of Pet Center. Prior to that, he was Principal at Warburg Pincus from 2012 to 2020, led the private equity area of BR Partners, an investment bank focused on medium-size companies, and worked at Och-Ziff Capital Management, carrying out alternative investments in energy and emerging markets. He was a Board member of Omega Geração.

Mr. Maia holds a bachelor´s degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa/Institute of Research and Teaching (INSPER), and a post-graduate degree in Supply Chain and Logistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Mr. Maia has more than fifteen years of experience in the retail market, areas in which he´s worked in many leadership positions, such as Supply Chain Manager at Carrefour for Brazil. In 2012, he joined Petz responsible for E-commerce, supply chain, and logistics. In 2022, he became the Vice-President of Digital, IT and Supply Chain.

Mr. Ricardo Dias graduated in Business Administration with focus in Marketing and International Business from Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and completed the AB Inbev Executive MBA at INSEAD, as well as Marketing specialization courses at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Kellogg School of Management. For almost 20 years, Mr. Ricardo Dias held several roles in Marketing at Ambev / Anheuser-Busch InBev around many countries, including England, Canada, China, Mexico and AB InBev’s global office in New York, receiving several international Marketing and Communications industry recognitions. In 2018, Mr. Ricardo accepted the position of Vice President of Marketing for Ambev in Brazil, through which he served for almost two years. In December 2020, he co-founded Adventures, Inc, a digital marketing and brand management agency.

Mr. Cruz holds a bachelor´s degree in Business Administration and an MBA in Business Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). He has more than twenty years of experience in retail, especially in Operations and Expansion areas. Before joining Petz, Mr. Cruz worked at Hering, where he acted as Regional Operating Manager (RJ/MG/BA) and General Self-owned Stores Manager. In 2015, Mr. Cruz joined the company as Expansion and Operations Director and, in 2022, became the Vice-President of Operations, Expansion and Engineering.

Mr. Zimerman is our chief executive officer and founder. He created our brand (originally under the name Pet Center Marginal) in 2002 after identifying an underpenetrated market with a shortage of competitors. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UNIP – Universidade Paulista and an MBA in retail from the University of São Paulo. He has also taken executive courses in Europe and in the U.S. Early in his career as an entrepreneur, he founded companies in different retail segments, as for example, clothes and beverage. As our founder and chief executive officer, he has led our initial expansion, which in ten years reached the mark of 27 stores and a turnover ratio of R$200 million in 2012. In 2013, WP became our shareholder and Mr. Zimerman became a member of our board of directors, responsible for implementing our professionalization. We now have 110 stores, a turnover ratio of R$1.2 110 billion and also provide veterinary services under our brand Seres. Mr. Zimerman won the Entrepreneur of the Year award by the Shopping Mall Store Owners Association (ALSHOP) in 2018, intends to transform Petz into the largest and best chain of pet shops in Latin America.

Ms. Zimerman holds a bachelor’s degree in management process and an MBA in retail from UBS University in São Paulo. In 2002, she started her career serving in our back-office department and was responsible for structuring certain departments, implementing management processes and coordinating the launch of new stores. She also led the first change in our internal systems and was responsible for developing our accounting department and our back-office structure. Ms. Zimerman also contributed to the creation of our loyalty program and created some new concepts within our stores, such as a unified reception and our first grooming center, where the tutors are able to watch their pets during the entire procedure. She also developed the Pet Safari which is located in our head office, seeking to create a different environment for the exposure of pets. From 2013 through 2019, she directly coordinated the two franchisees we had at the time. In 2016, Ms. Zimerman also created the Petz Play, our recreational space.

Current CFO and IRO of Petz, Aline joined the company in 2021 and is also in charge of M&A, Business Development, and ESG. From 2017 to 2021, Aline held the position of Chief Strategy Officer and Investor Relations Director of Arezzo&Co, responsible for structuring strategic initiatives to support the company’s accelerated growth, conducting five M&As (including the renowned brands Reserva and Vans) and the creation of ZZ Ventures, its Corporate venture capital arm. Previously, Aline worked in the financial Market, with fifteen years of experience in Investment Banking, Private Equity, and Equity Investments & Analysis (Buy-side), most of the time at HSBC Bank. In 2022, Aline was elected the best CFO executive in the Brazilian retail industry, awarded by Institutional Investor. She holds a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV.

Mr. Claudio Roberto Ely is a senior consultant at Warburg Pincus. Prior to that, Mr. Ely was CEO at Drogasil S.A., where he led the company’s IPO process in 2007 and participated in the merger of Drogasil with Raia S.A., which resulted in Raiadrogasil S.A., Brazil’s largest pharmacy chain. Mr. Ely was also CEO and held management positions at Banco Geral do Comércio, and was Managing Director at Camargo Correa Metais. Mr. Ely is currently a member of the Boards of Directors of Pet Center, DIMED Distribuidora de Medicamentos and Petrobrás Distribuidora, and a member of the Advisory Council of Eurofarma Laboratórios and Sequoia Logística. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.

Mr. Terra holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), a postgraduation degree from Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA) and a master’s degree from University of São Paulo. Mr. Terra has been serving as deliberative advisor to Savegnago Supermercados since 2014 and to Lopes Supermercado since 2016. He also serves at the strategy and innovation committee of Center Norte since 2017 and at the advisory board of Extrafarma / Grupo Ultra since 2018. He is also a partner at BTR Educação e Consultoria and Évolus Educação Digital, and serves as president of the Brazilian Society of Retail and Consumption – SBVC.

Mr. Gregory holds bachelor’s degrees in Economics and International Relations from the Yale College. Mr. Gregory Louis Reider is the Chairman of the Board of Lojas Uniao 1A99 S.A., Chairman of the Board of Sequoia Transportes e Logistica S.A., and senior consultant at Warburg Pincus, a global private equity investment manager and controlling shareholder of Pet Center. Prior to that, he was Principal at Warburg Pincus from 2012 to 2020, led the private equity area of BR Partners, an investment bank focused on medium-size companies, and worked at Och-Ziff Capital Management, carrying out alternative investments in energy and emerging markets. He was a Board member of Omega Geração.

Mr. Maia holds a bachelor´s degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa/Institute of Research and Teaching (INSPER), and a post-graduate degree in Supply Chain and Logistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Mr. Maia has more than fifteen years of experience in the retail market, areas in which he´s worked in many leadership positions, such as Supply Chain Manager at Carrefour for Brazil. In 2012, he joined Petz responsible for E-commerce, supply chain, and logistics. In 2022, he became the Vice-President of Digital, IT and Supply Chain. Mr. Maia does not hold positions in other third sector companies or organizations.

Mr. Ricardo Dias graduated in Business Administration with focus in Marketing and International Business from Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and completed the AB Inbev Executive MBA at INSEAD, as well as Marketing specialization courses at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Kellogg School of Management. For almost 20 years, Mr. Ricardo Dias held several roles in Marketing at Ambev / Anheuser-Busch InBev around many countries, including England, Canada, China, Mexico and AB InBev’s global office in New York, receiving several international Marketing and Communications industry recognitions. In 2018, Mr. Ricardo accepted the position of Vice President of Marketing for Ambev in Brazil, through which he served for almost two years. In December 2020, he co-founded Adventures, Inc, a digital marketing and brand management agency.

Mr. Cruz holds a bachelor´s degree in Business Administration and an MBA in Business Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). He has more than twenty years of experience in retail, especially in Operations and Expansion areas. Before joining Petz, Mr. Cruz worked at Hering, where he acted as Regional Operating Manager (RJ/MG/BA) and General Self-owned Stores Manager. In 2015, Mr. Cruz joined the company as Expansion and Operations Director and, in 2022, became the Vice-President of Operations, Expansion and Engineering. Mr. Cruz does not hold positions in other third sector companies or organizations.

Mr. Zimerman is our chief executive officer and founder. He created our brand (originally under the name Pet Center Marginal) in 2002 after identifying an underpenetrated market with a shortage of competitors. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UNIP – Universidade Paulista and an MBA in retail from the University of São Paulo. He has also taken executive courses in Europe and in the U.S. Early in his career as an entrepreneur, he founded companies in different retail segments, as for example, clothes and beverage. As our founder and chief executive officer, he has led our initial expansion, which in ten years reached the mark of 27 stores and a turnover ratio of R$200 million in 2012. In 2013, WP became our shareholder and Mr. Zimerman became a member of our board of directors, responsible for implementing our professionalization. We now have 110 stores, a turnover ratio of R$1.2 110 billion and also provide veterinary services under our brand Seres. Mr. Zimerman won the Entrepreneur of the Year award by the Shopping Mall Store Owners Association (ALSHOP) in 2018, intends to transform Petz into the largest and best chain of pet shops in Latin America

Ms. Zimerman holds a bachelor’s degree in management process and an MBA in retail from UBS University in São Paulo. In 2002, she started her career serving in our back-office department and was responsible for structuring certain departments, implementing management processes and coordinating the launch of new stores. She also led the first change in our internal systems and was responsible for developing our accounting department and our back-office structure. Ms. Zimerman also contributed to the creation of our loyalty program and created some new concepts within our stores, such as a unified reception and our first grooming center, where the tutors are able to watch their pets during the entire procedure. She also developed the Pet Safari which is located in our head office, seeking to create a different environment for the exposure of pets. From 2013 through 2019, she directly coordinated the two franchisees we had at the time. In 2016, Ms. Zimerman also created the Petz Play, our recreational space.

Mr. Ricardo Dias graduated in Business Administration with focus in Marketing and International Business from Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and completed the AB Inbev Executive MBA at INSEAD, as well as Marketing specialization courses at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Kellogg School of Management. For almost 20 years, Mr. Ricardo Dias held several roles in Marketing at Ambev / Anheuser-Busch InBev around many countries, including England, Canada, China, Mexico and AB InBev’s global office in New York, receiving several international Marketing and Communications industry recognitions. In 2018, Mr. Ricardo accepted the position of Vice President of Marketing for Ambev in Brazil, through which he served for almost two years. In December 2020, he co-founded Adventures, Inc, a digital marketing and brand management agency.

Mrs. Flávia Bossolani Pontes holds a degree in Business Administration from Universidade São Judas Tadeu and an MBA in Strategic People Management from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). Accumulating more than 20 years of experience in Human Resources Management and Strategic Planning Subsystems, with a strong focus on Organizational and Digital Transformation in large companies, she worked in several segments from Industry, Consumer Goods, Health and Retail to specialized consulting, implementing and structuring the area in medium and large companies and National and Multinational Organizations with up to 170,000 employees. She worked in prominent companies such as Danone, Integration Ernst & Young, Grupo Pão de Açúcar and Qualicorp. In 2022, she joined Petz Group team as the Executive Director of Human Resources, leading the organizational transformation and structuring of the HR area. Mrs. Flávia Bossolani Pontes does not hold positions in other companies or third-sector organizations.

Mr. Zimerman is our chief executive officer and founder. He created our brand (originally under the name Pet Center Marginal) in 2002 after identifying an underpenetrated market with a shortage of competitors. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UNIP – Universidade Paulista and an MBA in retail from the University of São Paulo. He has also taken executive courses in Europe and in the U.S. Early in his career as an entrepreneur, he founded companies in different retail segments, as for example, clothes and beverage. As our founder and chief executive officer, he has led our initial expansion, which in ten years reached the mark of 27 stores and a turnover ratio of R$200 million in 2012. In 2013, WP became our shareholder and Mr. Zimerman became a member of our board of directors, responsible for implementing our professionalization. We now have 110 stores, a turnover ratio of R$1.2 110 billion and also provide veterinary services under our brand Seres. Mr. Zimerman won the Entrepreneur of the Year award by the Shopping Mall Store Owners Association (ALSHOP) in 2018, intends to transform Petz into the largest and best chain of pet shops in Latin America.

Current CFO and IRO of Petz, Aline joined the company in 2021 and is also in charge of M&A, Business Development, and ESG. From 2017 to 2021, Aline held the position of Chief Strategy Officer and Investor Relations Director of Arezzo&Co, responsible for structuring strategic initiatives to support the company’s accelerated growth, conducting five M&As (including the renowned brands Reserva and Vans) and the creation of ZZ Ventures, its Corporate venture capital arm. Previously, Aline worked in the financial Market, with fifteen years of experience in Investment Banking, Private Equity, and Equity Investments & Analysis (Buy-side), most of the time at HSBC Bank. In 2022, Aline was elected the best CFO executive in the Brazilian retail industry, awarded by Institutional Investor. She holds a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV.

Mr. Terra holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), a postgraduation degree from Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA) and a master’s degree from University of São Paulo. Mr. Terra has been serving as deliberative advisor to Savegnago Supermercados since 2014 and to Lopes Supermercado since 2016. He also serves at the strategy and innovation committee of Center Norte since 2017 and at the advisory board of Extrafarma / Grupo Ultra since 2018. He is also a partner at BTR Educação e Consultoria and Évolus Educação Digital, and serves as president of the Brazilian Society of Retail and Consumption – SBVC.

Mrs. Flávia Bossolani Pontes holds a degree in Business Administration from Universidade São Judas Tadeu and an MBA in Strategic People Management from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). Accumulating more than 20 years of experience in Human Resources Management and Strategic Planning Subsystems, with a strong focus on Organizational and Digital Transformation in large companies, she worked in several segments from Industry, Consumer Goods, Health and Retail to specialized consulting, implementing and structuring the area in medium and large companies and National and Multinational Organizations with up to 170,000 employees. She worked in prominent companies such as Danone, Integration Ernst & Young, Grupo Pão de Açúcar and Qualicorp. In 2022, she joined Petz Group team as the Executive Director of Human Resources, leading the organizational transformation and structuring of the HR area. Mrs. Flávia Bossolani Pontes does not hold positions in other companies or third-sector organizations.

Ms. Zimerman holds a bachelor’s degree in management process and an MBA in retail from UBS University in São Paulo. In 2002, she started her career serving in our back-office department and was responsible for structuring certain departments, implementing management processes and coordinating the launch of new stores. She also led the first change in our internal systems and was responsible for developing our accounting department and our back-office structure. Ms. Zimerman also contributed to the creation of our loyalty program and created some new concepts within our stores, such as a unified reception and our first grooming center, where the tutors are able to watch their pets during the entire procedure. She also developed the Pet Safari which is located in our head office, seeking to create a different environment for the exposure of pets. From 2013 through 2019, she directly coordinated the two franchisees we had at the time. In 2016, Ms. Zimerman also created the Petz Play, our recreational space.