Form 20-F - Gerdau

CARLOS JOÃO PETRY (63) has been working for the Gerdau Group since 1965. He became an executive officer
in 1974 and was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1983. Under the new Corporate Governance structure he also
became Senior Vice President of the Gerdau Executive Committee. He holds a degree in Philosophy from the Federal
University of Rio Grande do Sul.
ANDRÉ BIER JOHANNPETER (41) has been working for the Gerdau Group since 1980. He was recently given
the position of Executive Vice President of the Gerdau Executive Committee, and is responsible for its North
American operations and Information Technology processes. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul.
CLAUDIO JOHANNPETER (41) joined the Company in 1982. He became Executive Officer in 1997, and is
currently an Executive Vice President of the Gerdau Executive Committee, responsible for the Ouro Branco mill and
specialty steel, as well as for industrial processes in Brazil and abroad. He was awarded a degree in Metallurgical
Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in 1990.
OSVALDO BURGOS SCHIRMER (54) joined the Company in 1986 and was named Financial Executive Officer
in 1987. He has also been responsible for Gerdau Bank (Banco Gerdau) since 1994 and was recently promoted to the
position of Executive Vice President of the Gerdau Executive Committee, while retaining the positions of CFO and
Investor Relations Director of Gerdau S.A. He is also responsible for the South American operations of Gerdau S.A.
Osvaldo Burgos Schirmer graduated in Business Administration from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in
1973, and holds an MBA from Illinois University. He has also held a position as a director at the Iochpe-Maxion
Group, a holding company for companies in the auto parts and railroad equipment sectors.
DOMINGOS SOMMA (60) joined the Company in 1980 and became an Executive Officer in 1988. He is currently
the Executive Vice President of the Gerdau Executive Committee, responsible for the Group’s Brazilian Long Steel
operations. He graduated in Economics from Mackenzie University in 1968.
EXPEDITO LUZ (52) has been working for Gerdau since 1976 and, in 1989 became an Executive Officer of the
Legal Department. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2001 and under the new Corporate Governance
structure he is now Secretary-General of the Board of Directors and the Gerdau Executive Committee. Expedito Luz
graduated in Law from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in 1975 and holds a Masters Degree in Law from
the Columbia Law School in New York, in 1980.
PAULO FERNANDO BINS DE VASCONCELLOS (59) joined the Company in 1972. In 2002 he was appointed
Executive Vice President of the Gerdau Executive Committee. In 2003 he was transferred to North America as Vice
President of North Eastern Steel Operations. He holds a degree in Metallurgical Engineering.
FRANCESCO SAVÉRIO MERLINI (62) joined the Company in 1977 and became an Executive Officer in 1998.
He graduated in Electromechanical Engineering from the Cuyo National University of Argentina in 1970.
ELIAS PEDRO VIEIRA MANNA (49) joined the Company in 1988 and became an Executive Officer in 2000. He
graduated in Operational Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering, from the Pontifical
Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul in 1977, 1981 and 1982 respectively. He also received a Masters degree in
Materials Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina in 1982.
Family relationship
Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter, Germano Hugo Gerdau Johannpeter, Klaus Gerdau Johannpeter and Frederico
Carlos Gerdau Johannpeter are brothers. André Bier Johannpeter is Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter’s son and Claudio
Johannpeter is Klaus Gerdau Johannpeter’s son.
Arrangements
Gerdau has no agreement of any kind with shareholders, clients, suppliers or other parties regarding the
election of its managers. There are no pending legal proceedings to which any Board Member or Executive Officer of
the Company is a party against to the Company.
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