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Hilberto Mascarenhas Alves da Silva Filho. Mr. Silva has been an alternate member of our board of directors as a nominee of Odebrecht since April 29, 2003. He has been the assistant to the chief financial officer of Odebrecht since 1998. Previously, Mr. Silva occupied several executive positions with the Odebrecht Group beginning in 1978. He is also an officer of the Commercial Association of Bahia (Associa��o Comercial da Bahia) and a member of the Financial Committee of the Brazilian Infrastructure and Basic Industry Association (ABDIB-Associa��o Brasileira de Infra-Estrutura e Ind�stria de Base). Mr. Silva holds a bachelor�s degree in business administration from the Universidade Federal da Bahia and attended a senior executive program at Columbia Business School and a financial planning and management course at Funda��o Get�lio Vargas. | 