Rubens Fernandes Pereira is Vice President-Director at Gerdau SA and Co-Vice Chairman at Metalúrgica Gerdau SA.

In his past career Mr. Pereira occupied the position of Vice President-Strategy, Management & Innovation at BRF SA.

Mr. Pereira received an undergraduate degree from Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.