Ricardo La Farciola

Responsible for restructuring the Internal Audit and Risk Management areas, implementing new Policies and Methodologies; Responsible for preparing the Annual Audit Plan; Conducting and leading audits in processes with high financial and operational impact, ensuring that Azul complies with the standards, policies, and legislation applicable to its business, operations, and future projects. Direct support in restructuring the Compliance area and preparing its policies and regulations; Negotiating, contracting, and implementing new governance, risk, and compliance management tools, as well as tools for automating the due diligence process for suppliers and third parties and monitoring exposure to risks related to international sanctions lists, anti-corruption and money laundering practices, slave labor, and human rights violations, among others. Responsible for investigating highly relevant complaints. Responsible for building the new policy, review flow, and approval of supplier due diligence; Updating Azul's Risk Map, considering geopolitical and emerging risks; Performing audit work with significant financial returns for Azul by identifying opportunities for improvement (+ USD10MM) Reporting directly to the Director of Risk and Compliance and the CEO.

Structure and develop the new Internal Audit area, comply with applicable laws, regulations, and best market practices; manage, develop, and train the Internal Audit team (2 people); develop the Internal Audit Methodology and implement its work tools; implement the "Continuous Auditing" concept by internally developing robotization/automation tools to monitor the company's critical processes. Independent reviewer of the company's Reference Form; Secretary of the Audit Committee; Report directly to the Audit Committee.

Strong commercial performance, lead management, and definition of corporate sales strategies for specialized recruitment and selection solutions for companies of all sizes, through the mapping of structures and processes, in addition to the design of temporary projects focused on specialized labor. Hunting for professionals specialized in financial and accounting pillars (treasury, accounting, controllership, compliance, risk, auditing, etc.) according to client needs.

Conduct comprehensive internal audits based on process mapping and risk identification. Evaluate controls by testing their design and effectiveness. Focus on the financial and accounting impact of each department or business unit of LATAM Airlines Group. Perform operational audits emphasizing flight safety for the fleet's aircraft. Oversee the entire process from planning to issuing opinions. Use internal methodology aligned with COSO, CobIT, FCPA concepts, and regulations or standards set by authorities such as ANAC, FAA, DGAC, and EASA.

Audit focused on Market Self-Regulation, Compliance and Risk OPQ and B3 Market Supervision in Securities Brokerage Firms, auditing order issuers, recordings, registration status adequacy, Error Account, Respecification Control (Bovespa and BM&F), Transfer Control, Customer Monitoring, AML, Margin Account, and Orders.

Assist the team in audit tests to validate the information displayed in the financial statements. Audit clients' accounting and finances to verify compliance with laws, CPCs, and evidence of fraud that compromises the information in companies' balance sheets.

The MBA in Aviation Management emphasizes the application of modern business practices to the special challenges of aviation industry. Is oriented toward the needs of strategic decision makers in airline management, operations management, supply chain management, finance, international business, optimization and simulation and it allows flexibility for exploration of different aviation fields.

Professional Certificate Program in Digital Transformation in the AI age.