Mr. Eduardo Soares do Couto Filho is a lawyer and executive with approximately 20 years of experience in advisory, litigation, corporate, and audit matters, having acted strategically in capital-intensive and highly regulated sectors. He currently serves as Legal and Institutional Vice President of Cedro Participações S.A. (“Cedro”), a holding company of which he is also a shareholder and which indirectly holds, through a corporate vehicle, common shares representing less than 5% of the Company’s share capital. Cedro operates in the mining, healthcare, construction, infrastructure, agribusiness, and financial sectors. In this role, he is responsible for all legal and institutional matters of the group’s companies, including corporate governance, licensing, regulation, compliance, institutional and government relations, as well as leading M&A processes and relevant contractual negotiations. Mr. Couto Filho holds a Law degree from Centro Universitário Metodista Izabela Hendrix (2005) and a postgraduate degree from CAD / Universidade Gama Filho (2007). He is Chairman of the Mining Law Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association – National Chapter (terms 2022–2025 and 2025–2028). He previously served as a member of the Labor Law Committee of the Minas Gerais Bar Association (2019–2021) and currently acts as a Board Member of Sindiextra – the Union of Extractive Industries of the State of Minas Gerais. He also serves as a Board Member of Instituto Galo, Museu do Galo, and Clube Atlético Mineiro, having previously been a member of the Fiscal Council of Instituto Galo and currently serving on the Fiscal Council of Clube Atlético Mineiro.