 Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA has named Pedro Parente and Alexandre Gonçalves Silva to its newly formed nomination committee, it said in a securities filing on Wednesday. Parente is a well-known Brazilian executive who was previously CEO of state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA and chicken producer BRF SA. The nomination committee will help Vale improve its corporate governance, the company said, and will have a say in the size, composition and structure of the board of directors. 