Afya Announces Changes to its Board of Directors and increase in women’s representation
December 09 2022 - 4:20PM
Business Wire
Afya Limited, or Afya (Nasdaq: AFYA), today announced
that Mr. Flávio Dias, a board member since July 2020, has ended his
term as an independent member of the Board of Directors, and will
not be renewed. The remaining independent board members will have
their term extended until Afya’s next Annual General Meeting.
Furthermore, Afya also announced that Mr. Daulins Emilio, a board
member since August 2019, has submitted his resignation letter as a
member of the Board of Directors and, consequently, Bertelsmann
SE&Co. KGaA has appointed Mrs. Tina Krebs as his replacement,
effective as of today. With these changes, the number of women
members now represents 40% of the Board of Directors.
Tina Krebs is the Chief People Officer of Bertelsmann Education
Group and the Chief People Officer at Relias, a Bertelsmann
Education Group company. Until 2020, Tina held multiple roles at
Relias including VP, Client Care and VP, Integration, where she
helped integrate multiple healthcare technology companies into the
Relias portfolio. Before joining Relias, Tina Krebs was a partner
at the professional services firm, ScottMadden Management
Consultants.
Afya’s Board of Directors is composed of two co-chairmen - one
representing Bertelsmann SE&Co. KGaA, and one representing the
Esteves family -, one more member of the Esteves family, three more
members of Bertelsmann SE&Co. KGaA, one member from Softbank
and three independent members, resulting in a diversity of skills
and experience to enhance Afya’s decision-making:
Board of Directors Name Office Nicolau
Carvalho Esteves Co-Chairman Kay Krafft Co-Chairman Shobhna Mohn
Director Benedikt Dalkmann Director Tina Krebs Director Renato
Tavares Esteves Director Maria Tereza Azevedo Director João Paulo
Seibel de Faria* Independent Director Vanessa Claro Lopes*
Independent Director Miguel Filisbino Pereira de Paula* Independent
Director *Members of Afya's Audit Committee
About Afya
Afya is a leading medical education group in Brazil based on the
number of medical school seats, delivering an end-to-end
physician-centric ecosystem that serves and empowers students and
physicians to transform their ambitions into rewarding lifelong
experiences from the moment they join us as medical students
through their medical residency preparation, graduation program,
continuing medical education activities and offering digital
products to help doctors enhance their healthcare services through
their whole career.
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