Management Team

Mr. Rittes has served as Chief Executive Officer of Nextel Telecomunicações Ltda. (“Nextel Brazil”) since April 2017 and the Principal Executive Officer of NII Holdings since August 2017. Most recently, Mr. Rittes was a principal at H.I.G. Capital, a leading global private equity investment firm, from 2016 to 2017 where he focused on stabilizing operations and turnarounds of portfolio companies. Prior to that, Mr. Rittes served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Boa Vista SCPC, a Brazilian credit bureau, from 2013 to 2016. From 2011 to 2012, Mr. Rittes served as Chief Financial Officer of Estre Ambiental, an environmental services group in Latin America. From 2004 to 2011, Mr. Rittes served as a key officer for Brazilian telecommunications companies Brasil Telecom and Oi Paggo.

Mr. Freiman has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NII Holdings since September 2015. From 2009 to September 2015, Mr. Freiman served as Treasurer, Vice President of Corporate Development and Investor Relations of NII Holdings. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Freiman served as Vice President and Controller of NII Holdings. Prior to joining NII Holdings, Mr. Freiman was with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Mrs. Smith has served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of NII Holdings since September 2015. Mrs. Smith previously served as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of NII Holdings from 2011 to September 2015, and as Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary from 2009 to 2011. Prior to joining NII Holdings, Mrs. Smith served as Corporate Counsel of Sprint Nextel Corporation and was previously a corporate associate with the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson.