Equatorial Maranhão Board of Directors
Equatorial Energia board of directors is responsible for establishing its long-term strategies and setting its general business policies and guidelines. It is also responsible for, among other matters, the supervision of the Company’s officers’ activities. Meetings of Equatorial Energia board of directors may be called by the chairman of the board of directors or the majority of its members, and may be called without notice upon presence of all members in office. Board resolutions are passed by the vote of a majority of its members.
The Company’s bylaws provide for a minimum number of 3 members and the maximum number of 9 members for its board of directors. Members of Equatorial Energia board of directors are elected at the shareholders’ meeting for a period of 3 years, and reelection is allowed.
Under Brazilian corporation law, a member of the board of directors is prevented from voting in any meeting or from acting in any business operation or dealings where there is a conflict of interest with the Company.
Current Structure of Equatorial Maranhão Board of Directors
Election held on April 28, 2021
| Augusto Miranda da Paz Jr. | Board Member |
| Augusto Miranda da Paz Junior, Board Member – Mr. Miranda is Equatorial Maranhão CEO since April 2010. From 2007 to 2010 he was Vice President Officer of Operations and previously was Equatorial Maranhão Engineering Officer since July 2004. Mr.Miranda is an experienced executive with over 20 years in the energy sector. Before joining Equatorial Maranhão, Mr. Miranda has held several positions in the areas of Electric System Maintenance Management in COELBA being also representative of COELBA next to CCON. Mr. Miranda is an electrical engineer graduated from Federal University of Bahia, specializing in Maintenance Management promoted by Eletrobras alongside PUC/RJ and the Escola Federal de Engenharia de Itajubá/MG and MBA in Energy Business Management from FGV/SP. | |
| Leonardo da Silva Lucas Tavares de Lima | Board Member |
| Leonardo da Silva Lucas Tavares de Lima, Executive Officer – Mr. Tavares de Lima was Equatorial Pará Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since November, 2012, until November, 2016. Before that, he was Equatorial Maranhão CFO as from April, 2011 and October, 2012, having been Equatorial Maranhão Head Controller. He is working within Equatorial Group since 2005. Before joining Equatorial Maranhão, Leonardo worked at Telemar Norte Leste, ABN Amro, URB – Empresa de Urbanização de Recife and at Shell Brasil. Graduated at Civil Engineering by Universidade de Pernambuco, postgraduate at Production Management and MBA in Electric Energy Business Management, by FGV (Fundação Getúlio Vargas). | |
| José Silva Sobral Neto | Board Member |
| José Silva Sobral Neto, Board Member – Graduted in Law by UFMA, specialization in Tax Law by UNAMA, MBA by FGV/Rio in Electric Energy Business Administration and Post Grad MBA in Tax Law by FGV/Isan. Has been working at Equatorial Maranhão since 2005, as Judicial Coordinator and since 2007 is the head for the Judicial Department. Since 2013, is also responsible by the corporate and tax departments within Celpa’s Law Deparment. Former Vice-President of the Lawyers Society at OAB-MA. Acts as manager within Fascemar and is certified by ICSS. | |
| Marcos Antônio Lopes Freixo | Board Member |
| Marcos Antônio Lopes Freixo, Board Member – Mr. Freixo is an economist by CEUMA. Started his career in CREA-MA as leader of the IT Department (2000-06). Joined CEMAR in 2006, as Collection Analyst. In 2008, became Planning and Budgeting Analyst and, in 2013, holds the position of Distribution Senior Analyst. | |
| Tânia Sztamfater Chocolat | Board Member |
| Senior Director of the Direct Equity Investments for Latin America in Canada Pension Plan Investment Board since May 2017. Previously, Tania was responsible for the management of illiquid investments in Raiz Investimentos, and the Director responsible for investments in Private Equity in Brazil by the Capital Group. He was an alternate member of the Board of Directors of STP (Sem Parar). Previously, Tania held various positions at Banco Itaú and Unibanco between 2004 and 2013 in the areas of Investment Banking, Private Banking and Equity Research. She was Head of the Solution Partners area at Itau Private Bank, Executive Director at Itaú BBA, Director, Head and Senior Analyst in the consumer and retail sector of Equity Research at Unibanco. She also worked in the Investment Banking area of Banco JP Morgan . Tania holds a degree in Production Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo. | |
| Marise Grinstein | Board Member |
| Edvaldo Luís Risso is an electrical engineer graduated from the Faculdade de Engenharia de Barretos – SP. He has postgraduate courses in regulation of the electricity and natural gas sectors from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), with specialization in the field of energy conservation from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Mr. Risso was Production Superintendent of Eletrobras Distribuição Rondônia; head of the company’s Regional Operations Center; and Manager of the Technical Coordination Division at Eletrobras Eletronorte. Since 2002 he has served with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, where he served as chief of staff of the Executive Secretariat and the Secretariat of Electric Energy; she became the general coordinator of the Electricity System Monitoring and later the head of the Sector Policy and Performance Monitoring Advisory Board. Most recently he served as Minister’s Advisor and Deputy Executive Secretary. | |
| Edvaldo Luís Risso | Board Member |
| Edvaldo Luís Risso is an electrical engineer graduated from the Faculdade de Engenharia de Barretos – SP. He has postgraduate courses in regulation of the electricity and natural gas sectors from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), with specialization in the field of energy conservation from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Mr. Risso was Production Superintendent of Eletrobras Distribuição Rondônia; head of the company’s Regional Operations Center; and Manager of the Technical Coordination Division at Eletrobras Eletronorte. Since 2002 he has served with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, where he served as chief of staff of the Executive Secretariat and the Secretariat of Electric Energy; she became the general coordinator of the Electricity System Monitoring and later the head of the Sector Policy and Performance Monitoring Advisory Board. Most recently he served as Minister’s Advisor and Deputy Executive Secretary. | |
Equatorial Maranhão Executive Board
| Augusto Dantas Borges | Chief Executive Officer |
| Augusto Miranda Paz Júnior, Chief Executive Officer – Mr. Miranda is Equatorial Maranhão CEO since April 2010. From 2007 to 2010 he was Vice President Officer of Operations and previously was Equatorial Maranhão Engineering Officer since July 2004. Mr.Miranda is an experienced executive with over 20 years in the energy sector. Before joining Equatorial Maranhão, Mr. Miranda has held several positions in the areas of Electric System Maintenance Management in COELBA being also representative of COELBA next to CCON. Mr. Miranda is an electrical engineer graduated from Federal University of Bahia, specializing in Maintenance Management promoted by Eletrobras alongside PUC/RJ and the Escola Federal de Engenharia de Itajubá/MG and MBA in Energy Business Management from FGV/SP. | |
| Tatiana Queiroga Vasques | Investor Relations Officer |
| Tatiana Queiroga Vasques, Officer – Ms. Tatiana holds a degree in Economics from the Federal University of Bahia (2003) and a Master’s degree in Economics and Finance from FGV – Rio de Janeiro (2008). She has been in the electrical sector for more than 15 years, of which 13 years have been dedicated to the financial area of Neoenergia, having experience in funding structuring, cash management, Investor Relations and M & A. Her last position in the Company was Superintendent of Asset Management . She joined Equatorial Energia in September 2017 in the area of Financial Strategy, assuming the functions of structuring and managing debt and insurance. In 2018 she also started to work in the area of Investor Relations. | |
| José Jorge Leite Soares | Officer |
| José Jorge Leite Soares, Executive Officer – Mr. Soares is an Officer at Equatorial Maranhão since 2005. Former state representative between 1995 and 2002 and Maranhão state secretary between 2000 and 2004. Former engineer and regional manager at Spirax Sarco, specialized in energy conservation in thermal systems. Mr. Soares graduated at UNB in Mechanical Engineering and has MBA at Public Management and Policies by FGV/ISAN. | |
| Crisitano de Lima Logrado | Officer |
| Mr. Logrado, Mechanical Engineer, 48 years old, has been working in the Equatorial Energia group since Jan/2007 (15 years), having held the positions of Regulatory Affairs Manager at CEMAR (currently Equatorial Maranhão), Corporate Regulatory Affairs Manager, and Regulation Superintendent. The responsibilities, as superintendent, encompassed all the distributors of the group, the transmission segment and the new line of action in sanitation. During 2006, he was technical advisor for Abraceel (Brazilian Association of Electric Energy Trading Agents). In the period Jul/2002 to Jan/2005 he worked in the Superintendence for Regulation of Electricity Commercialization – SRC of ANEEL. Academic training began with a degree in Eng. Mechanics, followed by a master’s degree in Eng. Mechanics focusing on technical and economic analysis of generation systems based on gas turbines and combined cycles. Subsequently, there was a complementation in the form of a specialization course in the financial area (MBA in Financial Administration and Capital Markets – FGV Brasília), and more recently a new MBA (IDP, Brasília, conclusion in Jul/2022), now in the area of Data Science. |
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| Leonardo da Silva Lucas Tavares de Lima | Officer |
| Leonardo da Silva Lucas Tavares de Lima, Executive Officer – Mr. Tavares de Lima was Equatorial Pará Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since November, 2012, until November, 2016. Before that, he was Equatorial Maranhão CFO as from April, 2011 and October, 2012, having been Equatorial Maranhão Head Controller. He is working within Equatorial Group since 2005. Before joining Equatorial Maranhão, Leonardo worked at Telemar Norte Leste, ABN Amro, URB – Empresa de Urbanização de Recife and at Shell Brasil. Graduated at Civil Engineering by Universidade de Pernambuco, postgraduate at Production Management and MBA in Electric Energy Business Management, by FGV (Fundação Getúlio Vargas). | |
| Agnelo Coelho Neto | Officer |
| Agnelo Coelho Neto, Officer – Mr. Agnelo graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Maranhão – UFMA (2004), with a master’s degree in power system from UFMA (2006), Mr. Agnelo has been in the Equatorial Group since 2009, started in the group as a Business Analyst for Large Clients Equatorial Maranhão (2009), Chief Operating Officer of Large Clients Equatorial Maranhão (2011); Energy Recovery Manager Equatorial Maranhão (2012), Energy Recovery Manager Equatorial Maranhão / Equatorial Pará (2015), Corporate Manager of Energy Recovery (2017), Commercial Superintendent of Equatorial Energia (2019). | |
| José Silva Sobral Neto | Officer |
| José Silva Sobral Neto, Board Member – Graduted in Law by UFMA, specialization in Tax Law by UNAMA, MBA by FGV/Rio in Electric Energy Business Administration and Post Grad MBA in Tax Law by FGV/Isan. Has been working at Equatorial Maranhão since 2005, as Judicial Coordinator and since 2007 is the head for the Judicial Department. Since 2013, is also responsible by the corporate and tax departments within Celpa’s Law Deparment. Former Vice-President of the Lawyers Society at OAB-MA. Acts as manager within Fascemar and is certified by ICSS. | |
| Maurício Alvares da Silva Veloso Ferreira | Officer |
| Mr. Ferreira is an electrical engineer graduated from the University of Brasilia with a specialization in Financial Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV and a specialization in Telecommunications from the University of Brasilia. It also has a postgraduate degree (MBA) in Business Management from Fundação Dom Cabral. Prior to joining the group, he was working at Oi S.A. as Officer. From 2015 to March 2017, he worked as Commercial Director at CEB Distribuição S.A and from March 2017 to January 2019, as Managing Director. From 2012 to 2015, he was Officer at Indra S.A.. From 2010 to 2012, he worked at Contax S.A.. From 2003 to 2010, he worked at Brasil Telecom S.A.. From 2001 to 2002 he worked at Telemar S.A.. From 1998 to 1999, he worked at Telebrasília Celular SA.. From 1994 to 1997, he worked at Telecomunicações Brasileiras SA – TELEBRAS. | |
| Sérvio Túlio dos Santos | Board Member |
| Sérvio Túlio dos Santos, Executive Officer – Graduated in Electric Energy by the UFPB (1986), with specialization in Digital Technology by the UFBA and MBA in Business Management by FGV. Has held several managerial positions in Neoenergia Distribution Companies: COELBA (1986-2001) and CELPE (2001-2005). Has been CELPA‘s Distribution Head Officer (2012-2013). Within Equatorial Maranhão, has worked at the following departments: Technical (2005-06), Maintenance (2007-08), Light For All Program (2008-11), Expansion (2011-12) and Operations (2014-15). | |
Equatorial Maranhão Fiscal Counsil
The Equatorial’s Fiscal Council is not a permanent body. Its main powers, responsibilities and functions are to audit and oversee the CEMAR’s management and review the Company’s financial statements. According to the Brazilian corporation law, the Fiscal Council is an independent management body from the Company and external auditors. Its main responsibilities consist of monitoring the acts performed by the management and assessing and giving opinions on the financial statements for the year.
The Fiscal Council is installed only by the request of shareholders in accordance with Brazilian corporation law. Otherwise, the Fiscal Council will be composed of at minimum three and at maximum five effective members and an equal number of alternates, elected by Annual Shareholders Meeting. Its effective and alternate members, shareholders or not, will be elected by Annual Shareholders Meeting that deliberates about its installation, determines the fees, in respect with the legal boundaries. When operating, the Fiscal Council has responsibilities and powers conferred by law. The minimum operating period of Fiscal Council will be ended in the first Annual Shareholders Meeting realized after its installation.
Current Structure of Equatorial Maranhão Fiscal Council
Election held on August 17, 2022
| Paulo Roberto Franceschi | Fiscal Council Member |
| Paulo Roberto Franceschi, Fiscal Council. Mr. Paulo Roberto is partner of Audicontrol, Auditoria e Controle – an Independent Auditing and Consulting firm, since 1995. As a Senior Partner, his responsibilities are the strategic management of the business, technical responsibility over the jobs performed by the other partners and the general administration of the firm. He worked in International Audit for 18 years before creating Audicontrol. Also, he is part of the Fiscal Council of Bematech S.A. – a public held company – for 6 years, he is part Economic Council of Mitra Arquidiocese de Curitiba for 5 years and the Executive Council of a familial company for 5 years. Also, he was part of the Fiscal Council of a limited liability company that operates in the chemistry sector in 2008 and part of the Audit Committee, as assessor of the Council of Administration, of Positivo Informática – public held company, in 2007 and 2008. Mr. Paulo Roberto graduated in Economics in FAE Business School and Accounting in Fundação de Estudos Sociais do Paraná. | |
| Claudia Luciana Cecatto de Trotta | Fiscal Council Alternate |
| Claudia Luciana de Trotta, Alternate Fiscal Council – Ms. Trotta graduated in Law from the Faculdade de Direito de Curitiba and specialized in Corporate Law from the Universidade Federal do Paraná. Ms.Trotta is currently a member of Trotta, Ceccatto Advogados Associados, law firm with specialized expertise in the areas of Corporate, Business, Foreign Investment, Business Contracts, Administrative Law and Competition, Environmental Law, Civil Law and Real Estate since 2013. Was also a member, for 18 years, of the Office Augusto Prolik – Advogados Associados, acting as a lawyer in the areas of Business Law, Corporate Law, Contracts and Foreign Investments. Ms.Trotta is also member of the Comissão de Sociedades de Advogados da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, Paraná Section since July 2013 and was an instructor of the Comissão de Seleção da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, from Paraná, from January 2005 to January 2007, responsible for the reportage of archiving processes of creation, modification and other corporate acts of law firms. | |
| Vanderlei Dominguez da Rosa | Fiscal Council Member |
| Vanderlei Dominguez da Rosa, Fiscal Council. Mr. Dominguez is graduated in Accounting Sciences by the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and in extension courses in Capital Markets by the UFRGS and Expenses Accounting by Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS). He is also an executive-partner at HB Audit and his main role is to execute, review and manage the independent auditing works and is the technical responsible to CVM (Brazilian SEC). Fiscal Council member at Odontoprev, Sanepar, Tecnisa and Weg; and a Fiscal Council substitute member at Marcopolo, Padtec, Ideiasnet, Officer Distribuidora; In the last 5 years, has acted as Fiscal Council member at Triunfo, Equatorial Energia, Celpa, OSX, Tegma, Multiplus, MPX, Tupy and Marisol. | |
| Ricardo Bertucci | Fiscal Council Alternate |
| Ricardo Bertucci, Fiscal Council. Mr. Bertucci is graduated in Accounting Sciences by UFPR and post graduated in Controllership by FAE Business School. He is a partner at Audicontrol – Auditoria e Controle since 2011, being the senior partner responsible by the business management and technical responsability. | |
| Saulo de Tarso Alves de Lara | Fiscal Council Member |
| Saulo de Tarso Alves de Lara, Fiscal Council Member. Graduted in Business Administration (1979) in Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Concluded extension courses at IMD (International Management Development (1984) where he obtained his degree in Control and Finance. Mr. Lara started his career at Arthur Andersen where he acted as external auditor for 10 years. Between 1987 and 1996, worked in the construction segment, in the cement industry being responsible for the compliance and corporate control for the Brazilian and South American operations. In 1996, became CEO of Americana, in the packing business. In 1998, became Chief Planning and Controller Officer at Cyrela, where he worked until 2010, when he became Chief Controller Officer at PDG Realty. Since 2013, he is CFO at Greenwood Resource Brasil. | |
| Moacir Gibur | Fiscal Council Alternate |
| Moacir Gibur, Fiscal Council. Mr. Gibur is partner at Audicontrol, independent auditing and accounting and fiscal consultancy since 2001. Prior, Mr. Gibur worked at Emilio Romani S.A. and Russel Bedford Auditores Independentes. Has been Fiscal Council member at Siderquimica S.A.. | |
| Luiz Alberto Meirelles Beleiro Barreiro Junior | Fiscal Council Member |
| Master in Business Administration from IBMEC/RJ (2008) with an MBA in Corporate Finance from IAG PUCRio (2003). Graduated in 1999 from Universidade Estácio de Sá/RJ. Working at Eletrobras since March 2004, holding a managerial position since January 2010, always in the financial area. He is currently the company’s Controllership manager. He worked as a tax advisor in the companies Boa Vista Energia S.A. (04/2014 to 03/2015), Companhia de Eletricidade do Acre – Eletroacre (04/2015 to 03/2017), CEB Lajeado (04/2017 to 04/2019) and EMAE – Companhia Metropolitana de Águas e Energia S.A. (04/2019 to 05/2022). | |
| Raquel Mazal Kraus | Fiscal Council Alternate |
| Graduated in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1987, she has an MBA in Corporate Finance from Fundação Getúlio Vargas in 1995 and a Specialization Course in the Minerva Program, GWUGeorge Washington University, in 2011. A member of Eletrobras since 1987, she has worked as an Economist in several departments until 2006, he was Head of the Financial Funding Division, of the Business Development Department from 2006 to 2015, since then holding the position of Economist in the Corporate Governance area, of the Governance, Risks and Compliance Department. | |
| Andrea Costa Amancio Negrão | Fiscal Council Member |
| Master in Economics from IBMEC (2003), an MBE in Public Policy Analysis from UFRJ (2007) and an MBA in Finance from IBMEC (2011). Graduated in Economics from Universidade Santa Úrsula (1994). She was a professor in undergraduate and graduate courses in administration, marketing and law and is the author of several academic articles for the electricity sector. She has been a member of Eletrobras since 2004, where she served as Financial Management Supervisor for Federal Distribution Companies (2006 to 2009) and Manager of the Short-Term Financial Programming Division (2009 to 2016). He currently works in the Corporate Governance Department. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Fiscal Council of Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista – CTEEP.. | |
| Eduardo da Costa Ramos | Fiscal Council Alternate |
| Specialist in Economics from George Washington University – Washington, DC – USA (2015). Master in Accounting Sciences from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (2005). Graduated in Accounting Sciences from Faculdade Moraes Junior (2001). He worked as a university professor in undergraduate and graduate courses in subjects related to Financial Accounting. He was an accountant at Eletrobras Participações S.A. (2009-2013). He served as Manager of the Tax Administration Division of Eletrobras, from 2013 to 2016, member of the Fiscal Council of Eólicas Mangue Seco II (2014 to 2015) and Chairman of the Fiscal Council of Eletrobras Distribuição Piauí (2015 to 2018). From 2016 to the present date, he has held the position of Manager of the Tax and Fiscal Planning Department of Eletrobras and, since April/2018, Chairman of the Fiscal Council of CGT Eletrosul. | |
Last updated on January 16, 2023