Board of Directors

Luis Lora is the Managing Partner at Globo Ventures, an independent investment firm of one of Brazil’s largest economic groups, Grupo Globo. Luis collaborates with entrepreneurs leveraging technology to seize significant structural opportunities in the economy. Previously, he served as Managing Director at Allen & Company, a Private Equity investor at Palladium Equity Partners, and Director of Corporate Development at Bertelsmann. Luis began his career at the investment bank James D. Wolfensohn, Inc. He holds a degree from Harvard University and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management. Luis is a member of the Investment Committee at Femsa Ventures and a Global Ambassador for Endeavor.

Mr. Manuel Belmar is the Chief Financial, Infrastructure, and Legal Officer of Globo Comunicação e Participações S/A since 2020, and he have a strong background in media, banking, and finance businesses. From 2009 to 2019, he worked as the Chief Financial Officer of Globosat, and starting in 2017, he also held the position of Chief Operating Officer, encompassing responsibilities for Technology & Engineering, Advertising Sales, and Digital Transformation. Belmar began his career at Banco Real and in 1987, he joined Banca Nazionale del Lavoro in Italy as a Commercial Director. In 2003, he joined the Globo Group as the treasurer of Infoglobo and later became the Chief Financial Officer, eventually being appointed as the CFO of Globosat in 2009. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Canal Brazil and represented Globo with Sky Serviços de Banda Larga Ltda. until 2020 and 2022, respectively. To this day, he remains a member of the Advisory Board of NBCUniversal and represents Globo as a partner with Telecine.

Manzar Feres joined Globo, the largest media group in Latin America, in August 2019, where she designed and led the implementation of a new Commercial strategy during the merger of various companies, including broadcast TV, pay-TV channels, digital platforms, and streaming, into a single media group in 2020. In March 2021, she assumed the position of General Director of the Advertising Business Unit at Globo, focusing on accelerating Globo’s digital transformation through AdTech capabilities, innovation, data strategy, and customized solutions for advertisers. Prior to Globo, Manzar held leadership roles at Experian Brazil, overseeing Sales Channels, Commercial Strategy, B2B Marketing, and Customer Experience. With a degree in Electrical Engineering and a postgraduate specialization in systems and computing, she also worked at IBM and PwC, emphasizing business development and client relationships.

As Globo’s Chief Strategy and Technology Officer, Raymundo Barros oversees all technology areas, including the Media Supply Chain, Broadcast Engineering, Corporate IT, and Digital Products and Platforms. He has led major initiatives such as the transition to digital TV, the creation and distribution of 4K, 4K HDR, and 8K content, the launch of Globoplay, Globo’s streaming service, and the Cloud Migration Program. Raymundo spearheads Globo’s digital transformation strategy, helping the organization transition from a content-centric media company to a Mediatech, where content and technology play leading roles in delivering the strategy. This includes launching an ambitious portfolio of D2C digital products and data monetization initiatives.

Before becoming Chief Strategy and Technology Officer, Barros served as Engineering Manager in Minas Gerais and Pernambuco, Director of Engineering at Globo São Paulo, Director of Entertainment Engineering, where he led projects for soap operas, series, and variety shows, and General Director of Technology at TV Globo. Raymundo has been with Globo for 40 years.

Luiz holds a bachelor’s degree in Advertising from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and has executive extension courses from ESPM and the Institute for Real Growth. Mr. Luiz has over 15 years of experience in Marketing and is a reference in the areas of Transformation, Data, Digital and Media. He has worked at Fbiz, Acxiom and Philip Morris International, where he held Director positions in the areas of Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation and Innovation. He was an entrepreneur and sold his stake to multinationals in three companies, such as Digital Stars (acquired by Webedia) and Viber (acquired by Rakuten). He has also worked as a Board Member and Consultant at several companies such as Bernoulli, Zettle, Jovem Pan and Voxus. He currently holds the position of Vice President at Inbev and was recognized in 2014 and 2016 by youPix as one of the most influential people on the Brazilian internet, in 2020 by Ad Age as one of the people under 40 who are transforming Marketing in the world and in 2021 by the Leadership Excellence Awards as the main global reference in Data & Analytics.

Paula Bromfman Puppi holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Paraná and has completed extension courses in Business Management at Fundação Getúlio Vargas and Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School. Paula has over 10 years of experience in the digital media, data, and technology market, having worked as a Solution Specialist at Microsoft and served for more than 7 years as CEO of Blinks, a digital-focused agency. She later held roles as Head of Digital Transformation and Chief Transformation Officer at WPP, one of the world’s largest advertising and public relations groups. Paula has also served as a board member at the National Council for Advertising Self-Regulation, the Executive Council for Standard Norms, and the Strategy Committee at Eletromidia, among others. Additionally, she is an angel investor and mentor to various companies.