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Roger Agnelli is the founding partner and CEO of AGN Holding, a Brazilian company focused on mining, logistics and bioenergy in Brazil, Latin America and Africa.He is also the chairman of B&A, a joint venture between BTG Pactual and AGN, focused on the exploration and development of fertilizer, iron ore and copper assets. Roger Agnelli was CEO and president of VALE from July 2001 to May 2011.Prior to his executive role at VALE, he was the chairman of the company’s board of directors from May 2000 until July 2001.

He developed his professional career at the Bradesco Group, one of the largest financial institutions in Brazil, from 1981 to 2001.He worked as executive director of Bradesco Bank from 1998 until 2000, when he was appointed CEO and president of Bradespar S.A.Due to his experience in the fields of investment, mergers and acquisitions and asset management, he was vice president of ANBID (Brazil’s National Association of Investment Banks) and member of the International Advisory Committee of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

He has served on the board of directors of various companies with major operations in Brazil and elsewhere, such as, in the field of power generation and distribution, CPFL, Rio Grande Energia, Serra da Mesa Energia and VCB Energia in Brazil and Duke Energy in the US; in oil and gas, Petrobras and Suzano Petroquímica in Brazil and Spectra Energy in the US; in steel, CSN and LATASA; in automotive and auto parts, Mahle Metal Leve; in home appliances, Brasmotor and in cable TV, UGB Participações. Between 2003 and 2007, he was a member of the Economic and Social Development Council (CDES), an entity that provides advice to the President of Brazil. In September 2010, he joined the International Business Leaders Advisory Council (IBLAC) to the Mayor of Shanghai.

He is a member of the board of directors of ABB Ltd since 2002 and of the International Advisory Council to the President of Mozambique, Dr. Armando Guebuza. In addition, he is a member of Anadarko’s Global Advisory Board and Mckinsey International Advisory Council.

He is on the International Advisory Council of Brookings Institute. In Brazil, he is a member of the Strategic Advisory Council of FIESP (Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo) and honorary director of ACRJ (Commercial Association of Rio de Janeiro).Roger Agnelli has a degree in Economics from the Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation, in São Paulo, Brazil.