Profession:
Auditor & Financial Advisor
IFRS instructor

Current position:
French Executive Director of an International audit firm.

Nationality: French & Spanish.
Born in Paris in April 1971 (41 years).
Permanent residence in Brazil since 2003.

Languages:
1. French: native
2. Spanish: native
3. English: fluent
4. Portuguese: fluent
5. Italian: intermediate

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Main areas of expertise:

• Auditing according to French, International (IFRS) and Brazilian accounting practices;
• IFRS conversion projects;
• Financial risks management and hedge accounting implementation (IAS 39 / CPC 38) in IFRS, USGAAP and BRGAAP;
• Risk consulting, risks mapping, review of risk management processes and procedures;
• Internal control projects (Sarbanes Oxley);
• Cross-borders Transactions and Due Diligence (sell side, buy side);
• Valuation of damages (international claims in UK, Spain and Argentina) and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR);
• Reviewing and auditing construction contracts;
• Valuation, financial modelling, business plans and credit scoring;
• Project management and delay analysis;
• Doing Business in Brazil;

Publications (Books):

• Derivativos, riscos e estratégias de hedge: Implementação, Contabilização e Controle (Deliberação CVM n. 604, CPC 38, IAS 39 e IFRS 7), 1a edição do autor, São Paulo, 2010 (ISBN:978-85-911432-0-7);

International working experience:

• Brazil: Expatriated since 2003 (current residence in São Paulo);
• UK (2 years of professional assignment in Birmingham from 2000 to 2001);
• Spain (around 1 year of professional assignment in Barcelona in 1999);
• Argentina (several months in San Miguel de Tucuman in 1997);
• France (past permanent residence in Paris from 1971 to 1997);

Past professional experience:

• 1997 - 2001: Arthur Andersen France, Audit (Paris, France).
• 1996: Service d’information et de relations publiques des armées SIRPA, Ministère de la Défense Nationale, Statistician (Paris, France).
• 1995: Crédit Lyonnais, Insurance products (Paris, France).
• 1995: Banco Exterior de España BEX-ARGENTARIA, Foreign currency transactions (Paris, France).
• 1994: L’Oréal - Gemey, Marketing (Paris, France).
• 1994: Fédération des Industries Electriques et Electroniques FIEE, Market studies, (Paris, France).
• 1993: Paz y Cooperación, Cooperation projects with Latin America (Madrid, Spain).
• 1991: Frantour Suffren, Auditor, (Paris, France).
• 1990: Matrixx marketing, Sales, (Paris, France).

Education:

• Master in Business administration, Federal University of São Paulo (USP), "Mestre em administração", São Paulo, Brazil, 2009.
• Master in Corporate Finance and international capital markets, "Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées (DESS) en Finance d'entreprise et marchés internationaux de capitaux", Sciences-Po Paris, Paris, France, 1997. Research: Application of Neural Networks to credit scoring, comparison with discriminant analysis techniques.
• Graduated in Finance, "Diplôme de l'Institut d'études politiques de Paris, section Economique et Financière", Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France, 1996.
• Certificates in IFRS and in International auditing delivered by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, ACCA, UK, 2008.
• Portuguese Certification: “Certificado de proficiência em Língua portuguesa”, CELP-BRAS, Federal University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, 2007.
• Spanish Certification: “Convalidación al titulo de Bachillerato”, INBAD, Madrid, Spain, 1990.

Other information:

• IFRS instructor in the Brazilian Institute of Auditors (IBRACON) in 2007 and 2008.
• IFRS instructor and speaker in the corporate university of an international audit firm.

Organizations / Clubs:

• Member of the Board of the French Chamber of Commerce in Brazil (CCFB)
• Leader of the Financial commission of the French Chamber of Commerce in Brazil from 2005 to 2010.
• Director of the Yacht Club Paulista (YCP) since 2009.
• IFRS instructor in the Brazilian Institute of Auditors (Ibracon).

Computer and Internet skills:

• Office: Excel, Word, Powerpoint, MS Visio, MS Project, Lotus Notes, Outlook;
• Statistics: SPSS, Excel;
• Artificial Intelligence: Neural connection;
• Programming: HTML, PHP & MySql, Flash, CSS, RSS;
• Webdesign and e-commerce: design, creation and databases implementation (PHP & MySql);
• E-learning implementation with Moodle;
• Audio & video podcasting (editing, compressing, publishing, streaming);
• Internet security, backup and synchronization.

Interests / Hobbies:

• Trading stocks and derivatives;
• Reading and writing;
• Webdesign;
• Photography;
• Yachting and boating: Owner of a Ventura 20 (225 HPs);
• Djing;

Sports:

• Tennis: Organization of the First Tennis Tournament of the French Chamber of Commerce in Brazil (October 2007) at the Yacht Club Paulista.
• Waterski: More than 10 years of practice (tricks, slalom, wakebaord and barefoot).
• Karate: University Karate Championships
  • 1994: Ile de France (IDF) University Karate Championship Kumite individual -60kgs (gold), Kumite in teams “Open Weight” (bronze);
  • 1995: IDF University Karate Championship Kumite in teams “Open Weight” (silver);
  • 1996: Paris University Karate Cup (Kumite semi-finalist);
• Parachuting: several jumps (Le Blanc, Poitiers, France);
• Karting;
• Roller;

César Ramos - Curriculum, 2012, São Paulo, Brazil.