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Independent member of the Board of Directors at Vale. See his brief profile below:

Years at Vale:  

  • Wilfred Theodoor Bruijn (Bill) has been an independent member of the Board of Directors at Vale since 2025.   

Participation in Vale’s internal committees:  

  • Coordinator of the Capital Allocation and Project Committee  

  • Member of People and Compensation Committee  

Nomination of shareholder:  

  • NOT APPLICABLE  

Board of Directors in other listed companies:  

  • NOT APPLICABLE  

Skills, knowledge and expertise:

  • Mining  

  • Cultural Transformation and Talent Management  

  • Business Innovation  

  • ESG  

  • Relevant Executive Experience  

  • Finance & Portfolio with Value orientation and Performance Accountability  

Mr. Wilfred (Bill) graduated in Mathematics from Manhattanville University in 1985 and holds an MBA from IBMEC - Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais, completed in 1993. He has extensive experience in the mining sector and in C-Level positions. In the first 20 years of his career he worked in financial positions, reaching the position of CFO of Minerações Brasileiras Reunidas (MBR). He also served as CEO of Mineração Usiminas (MUSA) from 2009 to 2018, and as Director of Iron Ore Expansion Projects at Vale from 2007 to 2009, coordinating a team responsible for the implementation of several capital projects in various regions of Brazil, with a portfolio in excess of US$ 5 billion. He was part of the integration team for Vale’s acquisition of MBR.
(i) Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the State of Minas Gerais (since 2017); (ii) President (2021 to 2023) and Member of the Board of Directors (2019 to 2023) of IBRAM (Brazilian Mining Institute); (iii) Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ferroport (2019 to 2023); and (iv) CEO of Anglo American Brasil (2019 to 2023).