Leila Cristiane Barboza Braga de Melo became a director on March 24, 2022. Ms. Melo has been a Partner of Itaú Unibanco since 2008 and an Officer of the Executive Committee since 2021. She is currently responsible for the entire Legal, External Ombudsman’s Office, Government Relations, Corporate Communication and Sustainability departments. She joined the Itaú Unibanco Group in 1997, working at Unibanco’s Legal Advisory Department, where she carried out legal services at all business and institutional departments. Ms. Melo was elected Deputy Officer in 2008. She has held several positions at the Itaú Unibanco Group, including Officer (2009 to 2015) and Executive Officer (2015 to 2021). She is also an Officer and a Member of the Board of Directors at W.I.L.L. – Women in Leadership in Latin America (a nongovernmental organization with international coverage focused on improving the individual and collective value of women in leadership positions in Latin America). In 2000 and 2001, Ms. Melo worked in the Project Finance and Securities Departments of the Debevoise & Plimpton firm in New York. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil, and attended a Specialization course on Financial Law and Capital Markets from the Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais (IBMEC), Brazil, and on Fundamentals of Business Law from the New York University, New York, U. S., and attended the Fellows Program from the IWF World Leadership Conference and Gala, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., from the Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. and from the INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.