As of July 1st, Fibria, involved in the production of bleached eucalyptus pulp, has a new Chief Executive Officer. Marcelo Castelli, who was the company’s director of Forestry, Paper, Strategy and Supplies, assumes the post previously held by Carlos Aguiar, who has headed the company since it was founded, on September 1, 2009. Aguiar will become a member of Fibria’s Board of Directors in 2012. In line with the best corporate governance practices, this process of succession was announced on March 3rd of this year.
"I am very optimistic about the company’s future and confident that we are fully prepared to face the challenges that lie ahead. Our aim is to develop the renewable forestry business, investing in innovation and obtaining value from the forests, whether from pulp or from alternative uses. We want to generate admired profits, allied to environmental conservation, social inclusion and improved quality of life", said Marcelo Castelli. At the age of 47, with 25 years’ experience in the pulp and paper sector, Fibria’s new CEO has held positions of leadership in a number of different areas at major companies in the sector, such as Aracruz and VCP. At Fibria, he headed the Integration Project and was responsible for developing the conceptual and administrative guidelines for the new company that was formed by the merging of the two operations.
Castelli joined VCP in 1997 and held various posts, including environmental manager, general manager of the Jacareí mill and operational director. He had previously worked at Suzano, Bahia Sul and Aracruz. He graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Mogi das Cruzes and has a post-graduate degree in business administration from FASP (Associated Colleges of São Paulo) and an MBA from the Dom Cabral Foundation, as well as diplomas from courses attended at the IMD business school, in Switzerland.
With Castelli’s move to the post of CEO, forestry general manager Aires Galhardo has assumed the post of forestry director at Fibria. Galhardo, with 6 years of his 10 year career devoted to the pulp and paper sector, was responsible for the development and execution of important integrated planning procedures. He joined VCP in 2005, where he was manager of forestry logistics. Aged 33, he has graduate and post-graduate degrees in business administration from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation.
The post of Industrial and Engineering director at Fibria, held by Francisco Valério, will absorb the general management of Supplies. The Business, Paper and Strategic Planning areas will now report directly to the CEO.
