Renato Tavares Esteves has been a member of Afya's board of directors since July 2019 and was a member of the board of Afya Brazil from August 2016 to December 2019. He served as an executive officer of several of the group's founding institutions, including Instituto de Educacao Superior do Vale do Parnaiba, UNIVACO, IPTAN, ITPAC and IESP. He holds a degree in medicine from Faculdade de Medicina de Barbacena and a master's degree in business administration and corporate finance from FGV. He is the son of co-chairman Nicolau Carvalho Esteves.