Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2021

F i nance Month l y CFO Awards 2021 V Originally established on June 1, 1942 as the state-owned Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, Vale became a private company ranking among the largest miners in the world. Our operations abroad cover approximately 30 countries that share our mission to transform natural resources into prosperity and sustainable development. In addition to mining, we work with logistics – railways, ports, terminals and state-of-the-art infrastructure –, energy, and steel making. www.vale.com Luciano Siani Pires EVP, Finance and Investor Relat ions Vale About Luciano Siani Pires Luciano Siani Pires is Vale’s Executive Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations. Before this, from 2008 to July 2012, he held the positions of global director of Strategic Planning and global director of Human Resources and Governance at the company. He has extensive professional experience in the areas of finance, capital markets and strategic planning. In 2007 and 2008, he was chief of Staff and executive secretary to the president at Brazil’s National Development Bank (BNDES), where he previously worked from 2005 and 2006 as chief of the Holding Management Department (Capital Markets), and head of the Export Finance Department in 2001 and 2002. - BRAZIL - - 65 -