Councils, Management and Committees

Board of Directors

Name Election Date End of Term
Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello
Chairman
Election Date
04/26/2024
End of Term
2 years

Mr. Ometto has over 40-year experience in large companies management, accumulated in the administrative and financial areas. Besides all positions held at Cosan Group, especially as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cosan Limited, Cosan S.A., and Cosan Logística S.A., he also holds the position of board member at UNICA – Union of Sugarcane Agroindustry of the State of São Paulo. Before joining Cosan Group, Mr. Mello, from 1971 to 1973, served as an advisor at the executive board of UNIBANCO – União de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. and from 1973 to 1980, he served as a Chief Financial Officer at Indústrias Votorantim S.A.

Marcelo Eduardo Martins
Vice-Chairman
Election Date
04/26/2024
End of Term
2 years

Mr. Martins holds a degree in business administration from Getúlio Vargas Foundation, specialized in finance. Mr. Martins joined Cosan Group in July 2007, as an executive of Aguassanta Participações S.A., currently, he holds several positions in the Group, particularly as a member of the board of directors of Cosan Limited, Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer of Cosan Limited; Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer and Vice Chairman of the board of directors of Cosan S.A. and Cosan Logística S.A. Mr. Martins served as a Chief Financial and Business Development Officer at Votorantim Cimentos between July 2003 and July 2007. Previously, he headed the Latin American fixed income department of Salomon Smith Barney in New York.

Rodrigo Araújo Alves
Board Member
Election Date
04/26/2024
End of Term
2 years

Rodrigo worked at Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. from 2007 to 2023, possessing extensive experience in the financial area, holding the positions of Executive Manager of Accounting and Tax; Executive Financial Director and Investor Relations of Petrobras; President of the Fiscal Council of TBG; Member of the Fiscal Council of other companies within the Petrobras group; Member of an advisory group of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB); Member of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Association of Publicly Traded Companies (ABRASCA); and Director of Strategy at Cosan. Currently, he holds the positions of Vice President Financial Director and Investor Relations at Cosan; and Member of the Compliance Committee at Cosan S.A.

Nelson Roseira Gomes Neto
Board Member
Election Date
04/26/2024
End of Term
2 years

Nelson began his career at ExxonMobil, where he held leadership positions in various countries in the fuel, lubricant, and convenience store businesses. He returned to Brazil in 2008, taking over the leadership of the Lubricants business (now Moove), already under the management of Cosan, where he remained until 2014 when he became Vice President of Cosan S.A. The following year, he assumed the presidency of Cosan, a position he held until 2016. | Current Positions: Board Member of Compass Gás & Energia and CEO of Cosan. He currently also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Commit, Sulgás, and Necta, and as a board member of Comgás, where he served as CEO from 2016 to 2020.

Maria Rita de Carvalho Drummond
Board Member
Election Date
04/26/2024
End of Term
2 years

Graduated in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro – PUC, with a postgraduate degree in Civil Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ and a master’s degree in International Law from the London School of Economics – LSE. Throughout her professional career, she worked at the law firm Barbosa, Mussnich e Aragão, was Latin America Manager at BAT – British American Tobacco, the parent company of Souza Cruz S.A. based in London, and served as legal manager at Cosan S.A. from 2008 to 2011, and as legal director from 2011 until April 2020, when she became Vice President Legal at Cosan. Nominated by the Brazilian Association of Publicly Traded Companies (ABRASCA) for the Council of Appeals of the National Financial System (CRSFN), serving as a council member from March 2019 to March 2022.

Burkhard Otto Cordes
Board Member
Election Date
04/26/2024
End of Term
2 years

Mr. Burkhard graduated in Business Administration from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (1997) and holds a postgraduate degree (MBA in Finance) from IBMEC, São Paulo (2001). He has been working in the financial market for seven years. He worked at Banco BBM S.A, a company of the Mariani Group, focusing on middle market and Corporate commercial areas. Currently, he holds the position of Vice-President Director at Aguassanta Participações S.A. and has been a member of the Board of Directors of Cosan S.A. since 2005.

Executive Officers

Name Election Date End of Term
Antônio Simões Rodrigues Júnior
Chief Executive Officer
Election Date
01/01/2024
End of Term
01/01/2026

Antônio Simões Rodrigues Júnior is a production engineer graduated from the Federal Fluminense University, with an MBA in Marketing from CEFET-RJ. Mr. Antônio held the position of Energy Director at Raízen. He also served as alternate member of the board of directors at Logum (ethanol pipeline system) and as a member of the executive board of Petróleo Sabbá S.A., which primarily serves the northern region of Brazil. Previously, he held the position of Director of Offshore Logistics and Trading at Raízen, based in Geneva, where he was responsible for the entire development and operation of the company’s global ethanol trading. Between 1997 and 2010, he held various positions in Trading, Supply, and Logistics at Shell, in Rio de Janeiro, London, and Dubai. He served as CEO of Comgás from 2020 until 2023. In 2024, he assumed the role of CEO at Compass.

Guilherme Lelis Bernardo Machado
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
Election Date
01/01/2024
End of Term
01/01/2026

Guilherme holds a degree in Production Engineering from the Federal Fluminense University and a Master’s in Corporate Economics and Finance from FGV/RJ. With over 20 years of professional experience, he began his career at ExxonMobil, where he remained until its assets were acquired by Cosan in 2008. Within the group, he led the Treasury and Investor Relations areas at Cosan. He transitioned to Rumo in 2015, leading the IR area, and from 2018 to 2023, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Director at Comgás. In 2024, he assumed the position of Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Director at Compass.

Elisangela Ferreira Martins
People and Culture Officer
Election Date
01/01/2024
End of Term
01/01/2026

Undergraduated in Psychology with an MBA from Unifesp and Fundação Dom Cabral. Elisangela has more than 20 years of experience in the Human Resources area, having worked at companies such as Alcoa and Kimberly-Clark. Since 2010 in the COSAN group, she has worked in different positions at Raízen and Cosan S.A., in 2018 he took over the Human Resources Department at Comgás and in 2022 she was appointed the People and Culture Officer at Compass.

Frederico Suano Pacheco de Araújo
General Counsel
Election Date
01/01/2024
End of Term
01/01/2026

Graduated in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), with a specialization in Administrative Law from the same institution. Completed an MBA in Energy at the University of São Paulo (USP) and an LLM (Master of Laws) in Corporate Law from INSPER. Joined Comgás (Companhia de Gás de São Paulo) in 2002 as a lawyer in the Regulatory and Litigation Legal Department, subsequently serving as legal manager. From 2014 until 2021, acted as Legal Director of Comgás. In 2021, assumed the position of Legal Director at Compass.

Adriano Nogueira Zerbini
Institutional and Public Relations Officer
Election Date
01/01/2024
End of Term
01/01/2026

Undergraduated in Geography at USP and Political Science at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris (IEP), with a graduation in Business Administration at FGV/SP. He was Assistant Secretary of Relations of the São Paulo City Hall, among other positions in the municipal administration, having also worked for the São Paulo State Government. In the private sector, he worked at the bank BNP Paribas in França, was director of BRF S.A., Cosan S.A. and Comgás. In 2022, he was appointed director at Compass.

Cristiano Donisete Barbieri
Director of Technology and Innovation
Election Date
12.03.2024
End of Term
01.01.2026

Cristiano Donisete Barbieri, 49 years old, graduated in Computer Science with an MBA in Administration from FGV and Business Management from IBMEC. Specialist in using technology and data to exponentially evolve customer services. He led the Technology and Customer areas at SulAmerica Seguros for 10 years and at Comgás for 3 years with impactful transformations in digital services and NPS. He was a member of the executive committee of both companies. He has been active in the Brazilian Innovation ecosystem for many years and has sometimes acted as an entrepreneur or angel investor. 

Auditt Committee

Name Election Date End of Term
Luis Claudio Rapparini Soares
Coordinatorof the Audit Committee (Independent Member)
Election Date
10/27/2022
End of Term
10/27/2024

Mr. Rapparini Soares has been an executive for approximately 32 years, having worked in various roles in the financial and internal auditing divisions of the British American Tobacco Group and Royal Dutch Shell, and having lived and worked in five countries in four continents. He was the CFO of Souza Cruz S.A. between 2006 and 2010, the CFO of the Raizen Group between 2011 and 2014 and the chief internal auditor of Royal Dutch Shell between 2014 and 2018. He has participated in several executive development programs held by Wharton, Kellogg, Insead and IMD. He is a member of the board of directors of the CCR Group, in addition to being the Group’s auditing and compliance committee coordinator and a member of its finances and results committee.

Mr. Ramos has 36 years’ experience in the oil, natural gas and energy sectors, having occupied several executive positions in supply, natural gas and energy, and distribution. He was the executive director of the refining and natural gas and supply divisions of Petrobras from 2015 to 2018. He has held several positions as senior executive in Petrobras in the supply chain, refining, operations and logistics, marketing and commercialization of fuels divisions for the B2B market. He also served on the boards of Transpetro, Gaspetro, Petrobras Distribuidora, Petrobras Biocombustíveis and Logum from 2014 to 2018. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, a postgraduate degree in oil processing engineering from Petrobras University, a postgraduate degree in sugar and ethanol production technology from COPPE-UFRJ, an MBA in business administration from FGV/ISAE and an MBA in marketing from ESPM. In 2019, he completed the course for members of boards of directors at IBGC.

Moises da Cunha Mouta
Independent Member
Election Date
10/27/2022
End of Term
10/27/2024

Graduated in Accounting from UNICAP/PE, holds an MBA in Business Management from Fundação Dom Cabral and a specialization in marketing strategy from Insead London. With a professional trajectory of over 30 years, the executive has solid experience in finance, strategic planning, and information technology, having worked for large multinational companies such as PwC from 1990 to 2005, Souza Cruz from 2005 to 2011, British American Tobacco (BAT) Group from 2011 to 2014, and Embraco, a Whirlpool Group company from 2014 to 2018. Currently, he serves as the President of Sodexo On-site Brazil.