Nicolau Carvalho Esteves is co-chairman of Afya's board of directors, a position he has held since May 2022 after serving as chairman since July 2019. A qualified orthopedist, he has over 25 years of experience in the education industry and was chairman of the board of Afya Brazil from August 2016 to December 2019. He is the founding shareholder of, and served as chief executive officer of, ITPAC (1999-2016), ITPAC Porto (2008-2016), IPTAN (2003-2016) and Instituto de Educacao Superior do Vale do Parnaiba (2016-2018). He holds a medicine degree from Faculdade de Medicina de Barbacena and master's degrees in business administration and corporate finance from FGV, Fundacao Dom Cabral and FEAD. He is the father of director Renato Tavares Esteves.