Ricardo Bottas Dourado dos Santos

- Brazil

Profile

Ricardo Bottas Dourado dos Santos was elected SulAmérica’s Chief Executive Officer in 2021. Previously, he held the position of SulAmérica’s Vice President of Control and Investor Relations Officer from 2017 to 2021.

Mr. Bottas joined SulAmérica group in 2015 and since then has been the Financial Officer of the company’s subsidiaries. From 2011 to 2015 he worked at HRT Petróleo (now PetroRio), being his last position as Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Bottas was an auditor from 1997 until 2000 at Ernst & Young (EY). He has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry (electric, oil & gas) as well as in auditing, with extensive experience in finance, treasury, accounting, tax, controlling, planning, budgeting, mergers, acquisitions and investor relations.

Ricardo graduated in Business Administration from UNIFACS – Salvador and with MBA in Corporate Finance from IBMEC – Rio de Janeiro.