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Afya Announces Changes to its Board of Directors and increase in women’s representation
NOVA LIMA, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Afya Limited, or Afya (Nasdaq: AFYA), today announced that Mr. Flávio Dias, a board member since July 2020, has ended
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[{"type":"text","content":" NOVA LIMA, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAfya 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.\n\nTina 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.\n\nAfya’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:\n\n\nBoard of Directors\n\n\n\n\n\nName\nOffice\n\n\nNicolau Carvalho Esteves\nCo-Chairman\n\n\nKay Krafft\nCo-Chairman\n\n\nShobhna Mohn\nDirector\n\n\nBenedikt Dalkmann\nDirector\n\n\nTina Krebs\nDirector\n\n\nRenato Tavares Esteves\nDirector\n\n\nMaria Tereza Azevedo\nDirector\n\n\nJoão Paulo Seibel de Faria*\nIndependent Director\n\n\nVanessa Claro Lopes*\nIndependent Director\n\n\nMiguel Filisbino Pereira de Paula*\nIndependent Director\n\n\n*Members of Afya's Audit Committee\n\n\n\nAbout Afya\n\nAfya 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 m...