Executives & Board of Directors

Eduardo Chedid is the CEO of PicPay. He has more than 20 years of experience in the electronic payment sector. Prior to joining PicPay, he was the CEO of Elo for 6 years and Commercial Vice President at Cielo. Chedid also served as a Vice President of Visa and was a Director of Credicard. With his vast experience, Chedid also made up the Abecs Council from 2015 to 2021.

Danilo Caffaro serves as the Executive Vice President of Consumer Banking at PicPay. Mr. Caffaro has over twenty years of experience in the industry, having previously held the position of Executive Vice President of Products, New Businesses, Digital, and Innovation at Cielo. Additionally, he worked as the Business Director at Itaú Unibanco.

Anderson Chamon is the Co-founder and Vice President of New Businesses at PicPay. Chamon is an entrepreneur of digital business initiatives. In 2012, he founded PicPay with his partners to revolutionize the payment market and facilitate the way people deal with money, make purchases and communicate.

Andre Cazotto is currently the Investor Relations, M&A, and Strategy Executive Director of PicPay. Before joining the company he spent 3 years as the Investor Relations Director at PagSeguro Pagbank, leading the company to its IPO in January 2018, until today the largest IPO of a Brazilian Company in the US Market. He also spent 10 years at Cielo, working in Accounting, FP&A, Treasury and Investor Relations. Andre holds an MBA from Insper and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Universidade Mackenzie.

Alexandre Moshe is currently the Executive Vice President of Audiences and Ecosystem. He has had a solid career, serving as the General Manager of Decolar’s operations in Brazil and as the CEO of Alloha Fibra.

Rodrigo Couto is currently our Executive VP of Finance, Risk, and Administration. Mr. Couto has more than twenty years of experience in the financial sector. Before joining the company, he served as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Itaú Chile for over five years, where he oversaw both retail and wholesale operations. Additionally, Mr. Couto worked as a Finance and Risk Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company and served as a bank supervisor at the Brazilian Central Bank for more than five years.

Renata Greco is currently our Executive VP of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses. Mrs Greco has more than 30 years in the payment industry. Previously, she served as the VP of Product Development and New Businesses at Cielo. Additionally, she worked as Director of Business Development at Visa for over 8 years, and as Product Manager at Credicard S.A.

José Antonio Batista Costa (Chairman) has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since February 2021. He is also PicPay Brazil’s Chief Executive Officer and chairman of PicPay Brazil’s board of directors. Prior to becoming PicPay Brazil’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Batista has served in diferente management capacities where he led multi-disciplinary teams and was responsible for strategic performance, finance and logistics in the investment and food industries, acting as PicPay Brazil’s Chief Financial Officer in 2018, vice- president of logistics and supply chain at JBS USA Food Company in 2018 and as an executive officer of JBS S.A. from 2011 to 2015. He has served as a member of the board of directors at Banco Original, Eldorado Brasil Celulose S.A. and Flora Produtos de Higiene. Mr. Batista holds a degree in business administration from Universidade Paulista – UNIP and is a professional investor (investidor profissional) under Brazilian law.

Eduardo Cruz (Independent Member) has served as an independent member of the board of directors of PicS Ltd. since February 2024. He has more than 30 years of experience in financial services as a senior banker with broad product and client experience as both a lead originator and execution specialist for significant transactions. Mr. Cruz was a Managing Director of Citigroup in New York for almost 20 years, having served as head of the Latin America Corporate and Investment Banking team. He also served as a partner of Goldman Sachs Group, working at their Investment Banking division and Vice President at J.P Morgan. Mr. Cruz holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering with cum laude honors from Yale University and an MBA with honors at Harvard Business School.

Jackson Ricardo Gomes (Independent Member) has served as an independent member of our board of directors since March 2021. He has worked in the banking industry for more than 35 years, currently serving as board member and advisor in new digital financial companies (fintechs) and as angel investor in startups in Brazil and Portugal. Mr. Gomes worked at Banco Original from 2013 to 2016, serving as Chief Executive Officer from 2015 to 2016. Previously, he was responsible for the implementation of the risk management, compliance and control divisions at Banco Itaú, Where he worked for more than 20 years. Mr. Gomes has participated in several working groups organized by the IIF- International Institute of Finance to discuss Basel 2 and 3 regulations with the banking authorities at the BIS, from 2000 to 2011. Mr. Gomes holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and na aeronautics engineering degree from the Aeronautical Institute of Technology in Brazil

Marcio Antonio Teixeira Linares (Independent Member) has served as an independent member of the board of directors of PicS Ltd. since July 2024. He has more than 50 years of experience in the financial services sector. Mr. Linares currently serves as board member of Eldorado Celulose and from 2019 to 2023 he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banco Original and Chairman of the Board of Directors of J&F Investimentos. Mr. Linares also served as Chief Executive Officer of Banco Original from 2016 to 2018. Previously, from 2006 to 2009, he served as Executive Director at Itaú Unibanco, responsible for Middle Market. He also served as Executive Vice President at BankBoston from 1996 to 2006. At Banco Noroeste, he worked as Managing Director for 20 years, being responsible for the credit, retail banking, operations, legal, product, facilities, technology and human resources areas. He is a Mechanical Engineer graduated from Escola de Engenharia Mauá in São Paulo and holds an MBA from Fundação Getulio Vargas.

Mauricio Costa de Moura (Independent Member) has served at the Central Bank of Brazil for 21 years (from 2003 to 2024), where he held key roles in banking supervision and as a board member. His responsibilities included on-site and remote assessments of financial institutions, focusing on financial soundness, corporate governance, risk management, internal controls, auditing and compliance. From 2017 to 2023, Mr. Moura was promoted to Deputy Governor, becoming a voting member of the Brazilian Monetary Policy Committee (Copom), the Financial Stability Committee (Comef), and the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Brazil. He also led the conduct supervision area, overseeing anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing initiatives. Concurrently, Mr. Moura contributed to the Central Bank of Brazil Pension Foundation (Centrus) as a Board member from 2018 to 2024, serving as Chairman from 2020 to 2024. Mr. Moura holds a master’s degree in Administration from the School of Administration, Economics, and Accounting of the University of São Paulo (FEA-USP), an MBA from the School of Advertising and Marketing (ESPM), and a degree in Administration from the University of the Amazon (Unama). He is currently pursuing an MBA in International Accounting (IFRS) at Fipecafi College, expected to be completed in 2025.