Augusto is responsible for Stone's overall strategy, operations and procedures, the development and consolidation of their distribution channels and marketing strategies. Prior to joining Stone Co., he served as Commercial Director at Redecard from 2011 to 2013 where he was responsible for managing the relationship with merchants and oversaw a sales team of over 50 people. Between 2001 and 2011, Augusto served as Director in different capacities at Itaú Unibanco, Hipercard Banco Múltiplo and Cartão Unibanco, where he was responsible for marketing credit cards and consumer financial products, including personal loans, insurance products and installment plans. Between 1993 and 2001, Augusto served as Corporate Finance Director at ING Bank, where he participated in numerous mergers and acquisitions, structured debt financings and other capital market transactions involving Brazilian and Latin American companies. Prior to joining ING Bank, he worked in the corporate finance department at N M Rothschild & Sons in England, Portugal, Spain and the United States, where he participated in several structured transactions and investments in Brazil. Augusto received a degree in electric and electronic engineering from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in 1985, an MBA degree in Finance from Boston University School of Management in 1990 and completed an advanced management program in Business Administration from Fundação Dom Cabral/INSEAD in 2004. He also participated in the Owner President Manager Program at Harvard Business School in 2017.