Jorge Braz

- Senior Engineering Leader with over 30 years of experience in Manufacturing, Engineering, Maintenance, and Capital Project Delivery across Seeds Product Supply, Crop Protection, Pulp and Paper and Mining. Brings 15 years of leadership at Monsanto/Bayer with a strong focus on Engineering to suoport Seeds Sites Operations and Performance, R&D and Crop Protetion.

- Large experience supporting Seeds Product Supply and R&D environments, driving engineering, maintenance, and capital project execution to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient site operations. Proven ability to integrate maintenance excellence, asset reliability, and CAPEX delivery to improve plant performance, and cost efficiency.

- Recognized for leading multidisciplinary and multi-country teams across Americas (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Mexico and USA), ensuring alignment between site operations, engineering, and project execution. Combines strong operational leadership with deep expertise in planning, cost management, and project controls to enable effective decision-making and resource optimization.

Demonstrated capability in managing large and complex capital investments, including leadership roles in major programs such as the $547M Caldwell Canyon Mine Project, bringing best practices in project governance, risk management, and execution discipline back into site environments.

Known for driving standardization, implementing structured processes, and enhancing collaboration across functions to support safe operations, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement. Strong focus on delivering business results through operational excellence, people leadership, and integration of engineering and digital tools.