Ruy Cunha is the CEO of Lavoro. Ruy joined Lavoro in January 2018 as Chief Transformation Officer, then became Chief Operating Officer before moving into the CEO role. Previously, Ruy was President of Santal Equipamentos S.A., and Managing Director for sugarcane equipment at AGCO Corp., a leading global manufacturer of agriculture equipment. From August 2010 to December 2012, Ruy served as director of strategy and integration for AGCO in South America. Before AGCO, Ruy was a management consultant at Booz & Company, an international consulting firm, and led the process engineering teams at General Motors of Brazil from 1997 to 2004. Ruy has a bachelor’s engineering degree from Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia, a specialist degree in business from Fundação Getulio Vargas, and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.