Marcus Vinicios Pratini de Moraes

Overview

Mr. Pratini de Moraes is our vice-chairman and has been a member of Cosan"s board of directors since 2005. He holds a degree in economics from Faculdade de Ciencias Economicas da Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul (1963), a postgraduate degree in public administration from Deutsche Stiftung fur Entwicklungslander"Berlin (1965) and a business administration degree from University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Institute of Technology (1966). Mr. Pratini de Moraes held several positions in the Brazilian federal government, including Minister of Planning and General Coordination (1968-1969), Minister of Industry and Commerce (1970-1974), Minister of Mines and Energy (1992) and Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (1999-2002). He also served a term as a congressman from the state of Rio Grande Do Sul (1982-1986). He was a board member of Solvay do Brasil (1998-1999) and chairman (2003); member of the advisory council of the Brazilian Mercantile & Futures Exchange"BM&F (2003); member of the Brazil"China Business Council (2004); president of the Brazil"Russia Business Council (2004); member of the National Council of Industrial Development (2005); and vice-president of the Beef Information Center"SIC (2005). Mr. Pratini de Moraes is currently the chairman of ABIEC (Brazilian Beef Export Industries Association), a board member of FIESP (Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo), a board member of JBS S.A. and a member of the supervisory board and the audit committee of ABN AMRO Bank N.V.