Board of Directors
Guilherme Dias Fernandes Benchimol is the chairman of our board of directors, a position he has held since August 2019. Mr. Benchimol has over 20 years’ experience in the financial services market. He founded the XP group in 2001 and was its CEO until May, 2021. Mr. Benchimol also served on the board of XP Brazil as the chairman from August 2018 to November 2019. Mr. Benchimol holds a bachelor’s degree in business economics from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
Member of the Compensation, People Nominating and Governance Committee and Performance and Management Committee
Bruno Constantino Alexandre dos Santos is a member of our board of directors, a position he has held since November 2019 and our Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since November 2019. Mr. Constantino has over 20 years’ experience in the financial markets. He joined XP CCTVM in 2012 and has been its chief financial officer since 2019. Prior to joining us, he was CIO of Graphus Capital from 2010 to 2012 and a partner at BTG Pactual from 2000 to 2010. He also served as a member of the board of directors of CEMIG from 2002 to 2004, Light from 2006 to 2009, and Valid from 2010 to 2019. Mr. Constantino was awarded a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter in 2009. Mr. Constantino holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro and an MBA from IBMEC Group.
Member of the Risks, Credit and ESG Committee and Performance and Management Committee
Gabriel Klas da Rocha Leal is a member of our board of directors, a position he has held since November 2019. Mr. Leal has been with the XP group since 2006, has been a board member of XP Brazil since 2018, and has been an executive officer of XP CCTVM since 2019. Prior to joining us, he worked at SC Johnson from 2002 to 2006. Mr. Leal holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro and an MBA from IBMEC Group.
Member of the Compensation, People Nominating and Governance Committee and the Performance and Management Committee
Bernardo Amaral Botelho is a member of our board of directors, a position he has held since November 2019. Mr. Amaral has been with the XP group since 2007 and has been a board member of XP Brazil since 2018. He is also an executive officer of XP CCTVM, XP Gestão, XP Vista, XP Advisory, XP VP, Tecfinance, XP Educação and Leadr. Prior to joining us, he was a lawyer of Costa Advogados Associados from 2001 to 2007. Mr. Amaral holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro and an LLM in Business Law from IBMEC Group.
Member of the Risks, Credit and ESG Committee.
Martin Emiliano Escobari Lifchitz is an independent member of our board of directors, a position he has held since November 2019. He has been with General Atlantic since 2012, and is a member of its Management Committee, is the Chair of its Investment Committee, and is the head of its Latin America business. Mr. Escobari serves on the board of directors of XP Brazil, Arco Platform Ltd., Laboratorios Sanfer, S.A.P.I. de C.V., Grupo Axo, S.A.P.I. de C.V., and has previously served on the boards of Ourofino Saude Animal Participações S.A., Sura Asset Management, Smiles S.A., Aceco TI Participações S.A., Grupo Linx, Decolar.com, Inc and Empreendimentos Pague Menos SA. Mr. Escobari co-founded submarino.com and was its chief financial officer from 1999 to 2007. He was an associate at the Boston Consulting Group (New York) from 1994 to 1996, an investment officer at the private equity firm GP Investimentos from 1998 to 1999, and a managing director at Advent International from 2007 to 2011. Mr. Escobari holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard College (Harvard University) and an MBA (George F. Baker Scholar) from Harvard Business School. He serves on the board of Primeira Chance, a scholarship program for gifted children in Brazil and is active with Endeavor Brazil, where he mentors young entrepreneurs. Mr. Escobari is also a member of the Brazil office of Harvard’s Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and a board member of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
José Luiz Acar Pedro has extensive experience at the highest levels of credit and banking in Brazil. He served as Executive Vice President of BCN and Bradesco, Partner and Member of the Executive Committee at BTG Pactual, CEO of Banco Pan, and Executive Chairman of Banco Safra.
Member of the Audit Committee and Performance and Management Committee
Oscar Rodriguez Herrero has more than 27 years of international experience in risk management, private equity, and strategic consulting. He previously held the position of Chief Risk Officer for the Global Wholesale Banking Business of Santander, and until earlier this year, he served as a member of the Executive Risk Committee at Nubank, a Brazilian digital bank.
Member of the Audit Committee and Risks, Credit and ESG Committee.
João Roberto Gonçalves Teixeira has a long track record in wholesale banking and finance as the former CEO of both Copersucar, the world’s largest sugar and ethanol company, and Banco Votorantim, one of the largest privately owned banks in Brazil.
Member of the Audit Committee and Performance and Management Committee.
Melissa Werneck has worked for the Kraft Heinz Company since 2013, where she is currently Global Chief People Officer and leads the company’s Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging efforts. An expert in human resources, people management and compensation in multinational organizations, she spent 14 years working at All America Latina Logistica prior to joining Heinz. She also serves as a board member of Fundação Kraft Heinz
Member of the Compensation, People Nominating and Governance Committee