Sigma Lithium SGML

Mr. Paiva is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of A10 Investimentos. He is the portfolio manager of A10 Fund, the Company's largest shareholder. Mr. Paiva has over 20 years of experience in asset management and investment banking in New York, London and Sao Paulo. Prior to A10 Investimentos, Mr. Paiva was a Portfolio Manager at the Mittal Family Office in Sao Paulo. Previously, he was a Vice-President at the U.K. asset manager Millennium Global in London, which, at the time, had over US$15 billion in assets under management and was one of the largest hedge funds in Europe. Mr. Paiva also held investment banking positions at Credit Suisse in London and UBS in New York. He has a Master in Business Administration from INSEAD in France and is a CFA Charterholder.

Alexandre Rodrigues Cabral is an academic focused on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Mr. Rodrigues is a member of the Board of the Universite de Sherbrooke, and for the last 27 years he has been teaching Environmental Management and Sustainability, Environmental Geotechnics and Soil Mechanics. He has vast and unique experience in geotechnical issues, such as the beneficial use of industrial residues as a substitute for natural soils. Mr. Rodrigues led successful pioneering projects in the proper use of industrial by-products. Mr. Rodrigues was vice-president of the Canadian Geotechnical Society in the 2000s and is presently a member of the Scientific Advisory Panel of the International Waste Working Group (IWWG). Mr. Rodrigues has worked as a consultant for several companies in Canada, Europe and South America. Previously, he worked for Serrener Consultation, D&G Enviro-Group and Enge-Rio. From 2002 to 2015, Mr. Rodrigues also supervised a humanitarian group in Peru, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Malawi. Mr. Rodrigues holds a B.Eng. from PUC-Rio, Brazil; a M.Sc. (Mineral Engineering) from Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and a Ph.D. (Civil Eng. & Applied Mechanics) from McGill University.

Ms. Cabral has over 20 years of experience as a senior banker at global investment banks in New York, London and Sao Paulo. Mrs. Cabral is a former Head of Lat. Am. Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs in New York and a former Managing Director at the firs. Cabral has been involved in a large number of transactions over her career, totaling more than US$100 billion, five of which won the prestigious IFR Deal of the Year award, including the privatization of Vale in 1996 and the acquisition of Inco by Vale in 2006. Mrs. Cabral has an MBA degree from Columbia Business School and a Master in Finance degree from London Business School. Mrs. Cabral serves on the Advisory Board of Columbia University Global Centers and is a CCEC board member of The American School of Sao Paulo.

Mr. Jafar has the prominent role of Chief Investment Officer at Al Muhaidib Investment Office, which is the family office of Al Muhaidib Group, one of the largest private conglomerates in the Middle East (the Conglomerate) headquartered in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Mr. Jafar oversees capital allocation across private and public markets and manages a portfolio of leading global private equity, private credit, infrastructure and venture capital managers. Mr. Jafar has extensive board experience in both large industrial companies, as well as venture capital, and professional expertise that spans direct investments across private equity, private credit globally and throughout the Middle East. With nearly 30 years in investment management, he has previously worked at J.P. Morgan, Fitch Ratings and Janus Henderson in London, as well as at Emerging Markets Partnership and Tadhamon Capital in Bahrain. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales (ICAEW) and holds a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Middlebury College in Vermont, USA.

Mr. Peres has over 30 years of experience as an executive of large dual-reporting multinational companies in natural resource sectors, where he had global responsibilities. Prior to Sigma Lithium, he worked at Vale International, the international arm of Vale, based in Switzerland and Canada, as a member of various teams, including Global Treasury, Corporate Finance Reporting and Consolidation IFRS. Prior to Vale, Felipe worked for Shell, a Holland-based energy company and for CSN, a Brazilian integrated steel and iron ore mining producer. At Vale, he reported to Marcus Severini, who has been a Sigma Lithium Senior Advisor and is a former member of the Fiscal Board of Directors at Vale. Principal Occupation for the Past Five Years: Senior Advisor to the finance team of Sigma Lithium Corporation.

Ms. Abreu was President of the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA) for 5 years, representing over one million agricultural producers nationwide. Ms. Abreu served as Senator in Brazil's Federal Congress for multiple terms, winning several landslide elections from 2007 to 2022, representing her home state of Tocantins, one of Brazil's largest agricultural producers. While in the Senate, Ms. Abreu chaired the Foreign Relations and Defense Committee, where she gained significant geopolitical experience. Later she became a member of the Economic Affairs Committee. Ms. Abreu also served as Brazil's Minister of Agriculture, acquiring significant experience in Brazilian public policies for natural resources. Ms. Abreu currently holds several board and advisory positions for companies listed in the United States and in Canada. She is also a senior board advisor to the Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM). One of her board positions includes NYSE listed JBS Inc., one of the world's largest food companies, where she represents BNDESPar, the investment arm of BNDES, the Brazilian National Bank for Economic and Social Development. Principal Occupation for the Past Five Years: CEO of BRZ Consulting and former Federal Senator of Brazil.