In the statement from Gladston Dantas Campelo (chairman of the board of CICB) it said that Goerlich, who has served already in the past as president of the CICB, has a long tradition in the industry, as a long time director of Cortume Carioca and is also well known in the hide and leather trade. At the same meeting Luiz Bittencourt was also confirmed as executive director of CICB.