{"id":47801,"date":"2026-07-30T03:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=db68b3f7d156d08735a71b41ce841256"},"modified":"2026-07-30T03:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:53:00","slug":"afya-announces-appointment-of-marcelo-ken-suhara-as-the-chair-member-of-the-audit-risks-and-ethics-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=47801","title":{"rendered":"Afya Announces Appointment of Marcelo Ken Suhara as the Chair Member of the Audit, Risks and Ethics Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Afya Limited (Nasdaq: AFYA; B3: A2FY34) (\u201cAfya\u201d or the \u201cCompany<\/b>\u201d)<\/b>, the leading medical education group and medical practice solutions provider in Brazil, announced today that Marcelo Ken Suhara was appointed, on July 27, 2026, as Chair Member of its Audit, Risks and Ethics Committee.<\/p><\/a><\/a>

\nMr. Suhara, who currently serves as an independent member of Afya\u2019s Board of Directors and a member of the Audit, Risks and Ethics Committee and the Audit Committee financial expert, succeeds Jo\u00e3o Paulo Seibel de Faria as the Chair Member of the Audit, Risks and Ethics Committee and will continue to serve as the Audit Committee financial expert and an independent member of the Board of Directors.<\/p>

\nThe appointment follows the passing of Jo\u00e3o Paulo Seibel de Faria, who served as the Chair Member of the Audit, Risks and Ethics Committee and as an independent member of the Company\u2019s Board of Directors. The Company expresses its deepest gratitude to Mr. Faria for his dedication, leadership and meaningful contributions to Afya\u2019s governance and long-term success throughout his tenure. The Board of Directors and management team extend their sincere condolences to Mr. Faria\u2019s family and loved ones.<\/p>

\nAfya\u2019s Board of Directors is composed of two co-chairmen, one representing Bertelsmann SE&Co. KGaA, and one representing the Esteves family, one more member of the Esteves family, two more members of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, and three independent members, resulting in a diversity of skills and experience to enhance Afya\u2019s decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
BOARD OF DIRECTORS<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Name<\/b><\/td>\nOffice<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kay Krafft<\/td>\nCo-Chairman of the Board<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nicolau Carvalho Esteves<\/td>\nCo-Chairman of the Board<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benedikt Dalkmann<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christina Krebs<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Renato Tavares Esteves<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marcelo Ken Suhara<\/td>\nIndependent Director<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vanessa Claro Lopes<\/td>\nIndependent Director<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miguel Filisbino Pereira de Paula<\/td>\nIndependent Director<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>

\nAbout Afya Limited (Nasdaq: AFYA, B3: A2FY34)<\/b><\/p>

\nAfya is a leading medical education group in Brazil based on the number of medical school seats, delivering an end-to-end physician-centric ecosystem that serves and empowers students and physicians to transform their ambitions into rewarding lifelong experiences from the moment they join us as medical students through their medical residency preparation, graduation program, continuing medical education activities and offering medical practice solutions to help doctors enhance their healthcare services through their whole career.<\/p> Contacts<\/b>

\nInvestor Relations Contact:\nAfya Limited\nir@afya.com.br<\/a>Source: Afya Limited<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Afya Limited (Nasdaq: AFYA; B3: A2FY34) (\u201cAfya\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d), the leading medical education group and medical practice solutions provider in Brazil, announced today that Marcelo Ken Suhara was appointed, on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infos-businesswire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47803,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47801\/revisions\/47803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}