Mr. Cauchois is a founder of FondElec Capital Investors and has spent 12 years investing in global emerging markets and twenty-two years in the global advisory and finance areas. Mr. Cauchois has served on the Board of Cia Força e Luz Cataguazes-Leopoldina in Brazil, and is on the Board of Chispa Dos Inc. in El Salvador, and NexTep in France. Mr. Cauchois was Managing Director at Drexel Burnham Lambert, and has an S.M. from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an A.B. from the University of California at Berkeley.
Alicia Návar Noyola Vice Chairman and Secretary
Mrs. Noyola's career has been centered on complex asset finance, including the energy and infrastructure sectors, working both in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. Prior to co-founding FondElec CI, she was Vice President for Latin America Development for Calpine Corporation, an affiliate of Electrowatt Ltd. and was a partner in the law firms of Thelen Marrin, Johnson & Bridges and Lillick and Charles. Mrs. Noyola received her J.D. from Hastings College of the University of California, and a B.A. degree in architecture from the University of California at Berkeley.
Alexandre Tadeau Nunes Kume Vice President and General Manager, CEO Brazil and Director
Mr. Kume comes form a family that has been an active player in the Brazilian fuel market since the early 1960s. In 1984 he became partner and director of Novoeste Com. Petroleo Ltda. The family business was for twelve years the second largest fuel retailer under the Ipiranga chain for Brazil, and currently the family has its own fuel distribution company (Novoeste), in addition to interests in fuel transportation. Mr. Kume has a degree in economics from Unimar - Universidade de Mariilia.
Jose Ricardo Nunes Kume Vice President of Operations - Brazil and General Manager (Bio Diesel)
Mr. Kume comes from a family that has been active in the fuel distribution market since the 1960s and most recently was the CEO of a fuel distributor. Mr. Kume has an accounting background at PW Coopers. Mr. Kume is a graduate of FEA-USP with an MBA from IBMEC.
João Eduardo Pesciotto de Carvhalho Vice President Finance and Development and Director
Mr. Pesciotto grew up in the major sugar cane producing area of São Paulo state and has experience in this industry as well as seven years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, strategic consulting and operational management. Mr. Pesciotto started his financial career in the Investment Banking area of Banco Brascan, working in M&A and Capital Market transactions, and worked as a senior analyst for the Corporate Finance area of BNP Paribas. He is a Production Engineer graduate from the Escola Politécnica of the Universidade de São Paulo - Poli/USP.
