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Walter Holds a B.Sc. in Engineering from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA) and graduate degrees from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), IMD and Harvard Business School. Currently he is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He began his career at Citibank and later joined the financial holding company of the Klabin-Maepar Group. In 1989, he joined Dixie-Toga, where he became CEO in 1991, participating in the company’s expansion, merger and transfer of control. In May 2005, he joined the Votorantim Group as the CEO of Votorantim Cimentos, where he was responsible for the operations in Brazil and in 14 other countries. He was named by RISI, the world’s leading information provider to the global forest products industry, Latin American CEO of the Year for the pulp and paper industry in 2015, 2016 and 2017.