Agda M. Caires de Queiroz

• Research and document advanced issues related to direct and indirect taxes. • Provide tax support and advisory services to operational areas such as Legal, M&A, Real Estate, O&M, Licensing, etc. • Reconcile tax fixed assets and work with accounting on quarterly schedules. • Prepare and/or review quarterly schedules for external auditors in the U.S. and Brazil, including PIS/COFINS advances and memorandum requests on tax positions. • Review third-party acquisition valuation reports. • Examine withholding tax issues and intercompany transactions. Analyze and assist in transfer pricing studies. • Manage tax audits in Brazil. • Assist in the preparation of income tax provisions and tax-related disclosures included in SEC filings. • Prepare responses to information requests and tax audits conducted by Brazilian tax authorities. • Develop recommendations for process improvements in tax compliance. • Work with Talent Acquisition to recruit, interview, select, hire, and employ a talented, diverse, high-performing team. • Provide supervision and direction to team members following organizational policies and procedures. • Guide, mentor, and develop team members, including overseeing the onboarding of new hires and providing career development planning and growth opportunities.

• Work with tax audit and planning team to effectively manage multiple audit/controversy projects and deliver results. • Work with global teams across all lines of business to implement process improvements identified through tax audits arising as a result of the changing legislative environment related to LATAM (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, México) • Key member of tax team building rapport with internal colleagues and external advisors and authorities, establish successful working relationships, and facilitate effective discussions with team members, advisors and authorities to effectively support Whp. • Organize and summarize information in a clear, concise manner, specifically tailored for the intended audience, both internal and external. Includes drafting competent authority requests, protest documents and responses to audit requests. • Engage in rigorous, logical analyses to fully understand issues, positions (FIN 48/ASC 740-10), relevant support, and alternatives. Includes collecting and analyzing data, tax rules and other information to support or refute a position, reviewing alternative positions/support, and providing recommendations. • Manage SOX controls and processes for international tax compliance. • Monitoring of innovation projects (R&D) and their impacts on corporate taxes calculation.

Tax Planning Manager (March 2019 - May 2021) • Direct and Supervise Tax Planning team. • Manage processes in addressing various significant tax issues arising as a result of the changing legislative environment. • Key Member of Tax team managing internal and external support as required. • Assist Tax VP and Director´s in a global tax matter. • Review Income Tax and Social Contribution including Fin 48 (ASC 740-10). • Lead tax team for administrative and judicial tax proceedings including FAS 5 (ASC 450-20) report. • Manage SOX controls and processes for international tax compliance. • Prepare annual cash and budget tax forecasts. Tax Planning and Corporate Manager (Jun 2021 - Jan 2022) • Liaise with integration process Laureate and Anima on tax and corporate aspects (post deal) • Lead Tax Planning and Corporate team. • Work with business partners on tax issues and provide assistance on development and implementation of company planning initiatives. • Support the development of company structure as applicable and legal entity rationalization projects. This would include modeling to determine ROI of the relevant projects. • Support M&A deals, including due diligence and post-acquisition integration. • Provide support to the board of directors and other corporate committees to ensure their proper functioning. • Ensure that the Company complies with legal and corporate regulatory requirements. • Ensure the correct corporate documentation is provided, obtained, and processed. • Advice on requirements surrounding powers of attorney and implement changes, appointments, and revocation, as well as prepare POAs following the Company policy, granting, revoking, and amending as appropriate • Ensure all internal and external registration and record-keeping are successfully completed.

• Review direct taxes (IRPJ, CSLL, PIS and COFINS) and indirect taxes (ICMS, IPI, ISS). • Drafting legal opinions and advice in tax legislation changes, disputes and planning impacts. • Analyses of client-company operations, focusing on identifying opportunities and structures that result in tax savings/burdens. • Assist with auditing documentation and tax accounting matters including M&A. • Lead Advisory Tax team.

• Develop pre-closing M&A tax diligence skills by supporting tax due diligence efforts for target acquisitions. • Assisting with post-closing tax integration efforts including legal entity simplification, formation of tax consolidated groups and execution of intercompany agreements, amongst other tasks. • Develop strong working relationships among cross-functional teams, including Legal. • Ensuring that all tax positions taken in regards to significant M&A activity robustly defended and, where a position has been adopted which may conflict with tax authorities’ published view it will be reserved or disclosed as required by local law. • Simplifying complex messages, highlighting and summarizing key points. • Update and maintain cap tables. • Prepare/Review other tax filings: Annual reports, Sales and Use Tax. • Responsible for staff internal trainings.

• Deliver tax returns for Direct and Indirect taxes. • Assist & support the company’s quarterly & annual audit requirements for covered/assigned entities, including preparation of book to tax provision scheduling focused on financial companies.