Lia Machado de Matos

Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Marketing Officer

Lia Machado de Matos is our Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Marketing Officer, positions she has held since 2016 and 2023, respectively. She is responsible for designing our strategy and leading the implementation of key strategic initiatives. Since 2021, she serves as a board member to Ambev S.A. Prior to joining StoneCo, she served as a Family Office Director for Varbra S.A. between 2012 and 2016. Between 2006 and 2012, she served in several positions at McKinsey & Company in Brazil, including as an Associate Partner, where she was responsible for strategy, M&A and organizational projects of several Brazilian and global companies. Mrs. Matos received a bachelor’s degree in physics from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in 1998, a PhD in physics and electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 and was a teaching assistant and research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 1999 and 2005.