Management Team
Gafisa’s Executive Board must be composed of at least two and at most eight members, including the President and the Chief Financial Officer, elected by the Board of Directors for a three-year term, subject to reelection, as provided in the Bylaws. In the current mandate, two members comprise the Executive Board, the Company’s legal representative body and responsible, mainly, for the administration and daily monitoring of the general policies and guidelines established by the General Shareholders’ Meeting and by the Board of Directors.
Graduated in Civil Engineering and has been part of Gafisa for over 10 years, starting her career at the Company as a Trainee in 2010, and having held various positions in different areas since then, since 2019, she held the non-statutory position of Director of Management & HR with direct involvement in the restructuring of the Company, having been promoted to Vice President of Management & HR in 2021. She graduated in Civil Engineering in 2009 from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora/MG, and also has post-graduate and extension courses from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Instituto Falconi, Business School São Paulo and EAP.
The executive has more than 30 years of experience, holds a degree in civil engineering from
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and has a strong presence in the capital market,
coming to add even more value to the business with his systemic and strategic vision.
strategic vision. His past performances include large companies such as: Movida, Smiles,
IBRI – Brazilian Institute of Investor Relations, Gol Linhas Aéreas, among others.
Luis Fernando Ortiz has a degree in civil engineering from Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia and holds an MBA certificate in Real Estate from University of São Paulo and an MBA in business from Fundação Getulio Vargas. Mr. Ortiz has 21 years of experience in the real estate sector and joined Gafisa in 2011 as responsible for the acquisition of more than BRL 2 billion in PSV in business. Since 2014, he has been in charge of Business Development, responsible for launching approximately BRL 3 billion of PSV in residential projects. Currently, Mr.Ortiz is the Real Estate Development Director in charge of managing Gafisa’s portfolio in the State of São Paulo.
Civil Engineer, graduated from UERJ, with post graduation in Business Administration from OBMEC and Project Management from FGV. He took specializations in Executive Skills, tools & Competencies at the
Kellogg School of Management, in Chicago, and Urbanism Planning, Housing and Real Estate Development at the University of Southern Carolina (USC), in Los Angeles. Kessler has been an executive at major publicly
and developed businesses in four Brazilian state capitals, as well as in ten other cities. Always leading teams of new business, incorporation, product development, marketing and commercial
in companies such as Rossi, Even, and Brookfield (Tegra).
Economist, graduated from Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) and Accountant from Universidade Nove de Julho, and MBA in Business Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), at Gafisa since 2008, She has over 20 years of experience in the areas of Controlling and Auditing.