Vanessa Claro Lopes has been a member of Afya's board of directors and its audit, risks and ethics committee since July 2019. She has over 30 years of experience in corporate governance, internal controls and auditing. She currently serves as an independent director and audit-committee chair at Rumo S.A. and Americanas S.A., audit-committee chair at Tegma Gestao Logistica S.A., and a member of the audit and ethics committee at AXIA Energia (Eletrobras Group). Earlier she served on the audit committee of Embraer S.A., chaired the fiscal council of Via Varejo, and sat on the fiscal councils of Gerdau, Terra Santa Agro, Estacio, Renova Energia, Cosan, Cosan Logistica and Comgas. She held key executive roles including Head of Internal Audit at TAM S.A. and Globex Utilidades (Grupo Pao de Acucar) and Audit Manager at Grupo Telefonica, beginning her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1995.