Votorantim appoints new global CEO

Marcelo Castelli has been appointed Votorantim Cimentos' new global CEO starting on 1 February 2019. He succeeds Walter Dissinger, who led the company for more than five years and will take on new challenges.

Mr Castelli is an executive with a career of over 31 years. In 1997 he started working at VCP (Votorantim Celulose e Papel), since then, he has held several executive positions and coordinated the merger of Aracruz and VCP, which created Fibria. At the company, Castelli was the executive officer of different areas, such as Forestry, Paper, Strategy, Supply, and since July 2011 he has been the company's CEO.