Ms. Rachel de Oliveira Maia graduated in Accounting Sciences from the FMU University Centre in 1996. She has general management training at the University of Victoria, Canada (2001), an MBA from Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA) (2007), a Negotiation and Leadership course from the Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School (2014), an MBA from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) (February 2018), an Advanced Program for CEOs, Board Members and Presidents course at Sant’ Paul SEER (2021) and in October 2024 received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from Estácio de Sá University for her leadership, performance, and dedication to promoting significant societal transformation in inclusion, diversity, and social responsibility. She has been an independent member of the Board of Directors (since May/2021), Coordinator of the Sustainability Committee (since May/2023) and a member of Vale’s Nomination and Governance Committee (since April/2024).  

Her main professional experience in the last 5 (five) years:  

(i) Member of the Audit and Risks Committee (December/2022 to April/2024), Member of the Sustainability Committee (May/2021 to April/2023) and Member of the Audit Committee (May/2022 to December/2022) at Vale; (ii) Independent member of the Board of Directors of Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição - Grupo Pão de Açúcar (since April 2024); (iii) Founder of the non-profit organization CAPACITAME (since December/2018); (iv) Founder and CEO of RM Consulting, focusing on the "S" in ESG and Leadership (since April/2018); (v) Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Banco do Brasil (May/2021 to April/2023); (vi) Member of the Sustainability Committee of Banco do Brasil (December/2021 to June/2023); (vii) Member of the People, Compensation and Eligibility Committee of Banco do Brasil (since August/2023); (viii) Member of the Audit Committee of Banco do Brasil (since September/2021); (ix) Chair of the Board of Directors of the UN Global Compact Brazil and Ambassador of SDG5 (gender equity) (since April/2023); (x) Independent member of the Board of Directors of CVC Corp (March/2021 to August/2023); (xi) Independent member of the Board of Directors of Grupo Soma (December/2020 to May/2022); (xii) Diversity and Inclusion Advisor at Carrefour (November/2020 to November/2021); (xiii) Member of the Women of Brazil Group (since 2020); (xiv) Member of the Economic and Social Committee of the Development Board (since 2018); (xv) Managing Consultant of SumUp (December/2020 to December/2021); (xvi) Chair of the Advisory Board of UNICEF (October/2019 to September/2021); (xvii) Member of the General Board of the Danish Consulate (April/2014 to November/2020); (xviii) Member of the Danish Chamber of Commerce (April/2014 to November/2020); and (xix) CEO of Lacoste S. A. (Brazil) (October/2018 to September/2020).