Equatorial Pará Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is the decision-making body of Equatorial Pará, responsible for establishing its general business policies, including long-term strategy. It is also responsible, among other duties, for supervising the management of the Company‘s executive officers. Decisions of the Board of Directors are taken by majority vote of members present at the meeting. The Board of Directors‘ meetings are held whenever necessary, convened by the chairman of the Board of Directors, or a majority of its members.
The Bylaws of Equatorial Pará establishes a minimum of 7 members and maximum of 9 members. Directors are elected by the Annual General Meeting for a period of two years, eligible for reelection and may be removed by the shareholders in General Meeting.
In accordance with the Law of Corporations, the Board of Directors member is prohibited from voting in any meeting or acting in any transaction or business in which they have a conflict of interest with the Company.
Board of Directors
Elected on April 29, 2021
| Armando de Souza Nascimento | Board Member |
| Armando de Souza Nascimento, Board Member – Mr. Nascimento has a degree in Law from the Federal University of Maranhão since 2005 and an MBA in Business Management Electricity from FGV- RJ completed in 2011. Since November 2012 Mr. Nascimento is Celpa’s Legal Manager. Previously, served in Equatorial Maranhão from April 2006 until November 2012, and as from August 2008 Mr. Nascimento became Legal Executive of the company. From May 2006 until June 2010 Mr. Nascimento has served in the office Souza & Veras Advocacy and Consulting as an attorney advisor in the area of Civil Law, Administrative and Environmental. | |
| Augusto Miranda da Paz Júnior | Board Member |
| Augusto Miranda da Paz Junior, 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. | |
| Leonardo Lucas Tavares de Lima | Board Member |
| Leonardo Lucas Tavares de Lima, Director – Mr. Leonardo was elected Equatorial Pará Investor Relations Officer in November 2012 and remained in the position until January 2014, when he became Company Director. Mr. Leonardo was also Director of CEMAR from April 2011 to October 2012. Previously, he was Equatorial Maranhão Controller (position he held from 2007 to April 2011) and Coordinator of Planning and Management (from 2005 to 2007). Prior to joining Equatorial Maranhão, Mr. Leonardo worked at Telemar Norte Leste, ABN Amro, URB – Recife Urbanization Company and Shell Brasil. Graduated in Civil Engineering from the University of Pernambuco, with postgraduate in Production Management and MBA in Business Management of Electric Energy, by FGV(Fundação Getúlio Vargas). | |
| 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). | |
| Mauro Chaves de Almeida | Board Member |
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Equatorial Pará Executive Board
The directors are the legal representatives of Equatorial Pará, mainly responsible for the daily management of the Company and the implementation of general policies and guidelines established by the Board of Directors.
According to the Law of Corporations, each executive officer must be a Brazilian resident, may be a shareholder or not. In addition, up to a maximum of one third of the Board of Directors positions will be filled by members of the Executive Board.
The Bylaws of Equatorial Pará states that the Executive Board shall consist of up to 9 members, being one Chief Executive Officer, one Investor Relations Officer and the others shall have no specific designation, all with 3-year term, subject to re-election.
Current structure of Equatorial Pará Executive Board:
| Márcio Caires Vasconcelos | Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr. Márcio Caires Vasconcelos holds a degree in Business Administration from Faculdade Ruy Barbosa (2004) and an MBA in Corporate Finance from Faculdade Ruy Barbosa (2008). He has been working in the electricity sector for over 23 years, of which he has been dedicated to the energy distribution segment, leading large companies, teams, restructurings and critical projects with a direct impact on the results and image of companies. He was CEO of Neoenergia Cosern before assuming the presidency of Equatorial Pará. | |
| Marcos Antônio Souza de Almeida | Officer |
| Marcos Antônio Souza de Almeida, Chief Executive Officer – Mr. Marcos Antônio Souza de Almeida served as Commercial Director of Equatorial Maranhão from 2008 to 2017. In 2017 he assumed the Commercial Directorate of Celpa and in 2018 was elected Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Marcos is an executive with more than 27 years in the electrical sector. Prior to joining Equatorial Maranhão, Mr. Marcos held several management positions in the commercial, administrative and customer service areas of COELBA. He was also a member of the Coelba Foundation for Complementary Social Security – Faelba. Mr. Marcos is an accountant graduated from the State University of Feira de Santana – UEFS and Master in Regulation of the Energy Industry by Salvador University – UNIFACS. | |
| 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. | |
| Cristiano 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 Lucas Tavares de Lima | Officer |
| Leonardo Lucas Tavares de Lima, Director – Mr. Leonardo was elected CELPA Investor Relations Officer in November 2012 and remained in the position until January 2014, when he became Company Director. Mr. Leonardo was also Director of Equatorial Maranhão from April 2011 to October 2012. Previously, he was Equatorial Maranhão Controller (position he held from 2007 to April 2011) and Coordinator of Planning and Management (from 2005 to 2007). Prior to joining CEMAR, Mr. Leonardo worked at Telemar Norte Leste, ABN Amro, URB – Recife Urbanization Company and Shell Brasil. Graduated in Civil Engineering from the University of Pernambuco, with postgraduate in Production Management and MBA in Business Management of Electric Energy, by FGV(Fundação Getúlio Vargas). | |
| Rubens José de Figueiredo Briseno | Officer |
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Equatorial Pará Fiscal Council
The Fiscal Council of Equatorial Pará is not permanent. Its key powers, duties and functions are to audit and supervise the actions of the administration and issue opinions on financial statements. According to the Law of Corporations, the Fiscal Council is an independent body from the Company and external audit companies. Its main responsibilities are to oversee the actions of managers and examine and opine on the financial statements of the fiscal year.
The Fiscal Council is installed only in the years prompted by the shareholders in accordance with the provisions of the Law of Corporations. If installed, the Fiscal Council shall consist of five members and equal number of alternates, elected by the General Assembly. In this case, its members and alternates, shareholders or not, are elected by the General Assembly acting installing and fixing the fees, subject to legal limits. When in operation, the Fiscal Council has the duties and powers conferred by law. The period of operation of the Supervisory Board ends at the first Annual General Meeting held after its installation.
Current structure of Equatorial Pará Fiscal Council
Election held on April 29, 2019
| Saulo de Tarso Alves de Lara | Fiscal Council Member |
| Saulo é graduado em Administração de Empresas (1979) pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas e Ciências Contábeis (1981) Faculdade Paulo Eiró. Fez cursos de extensão no IMD – International Management Development (1984) onde obteve sua pós-graduação na área de Control and Finance. O Sr Lara iniciou sua carreira na Arthur Andersen permanecendo como auditor externo por dez anos. No período de 1987 até 1996 atuou no segmento da construção civil, em indústria cimenteira, responsável pela área de controle e controle corporativo das operações do Brasil e América do Sul. Em 1996, foi indicado para ser o CFO de empresa Americana, do ramo de embalagens. Em 1998, foi contratado como diretor de Planejamento e Controle da Cyrela Brazil Realty, do setor imobiliário, permanecendo na companhia até 2010, quando assumiu o cargo de Diretor de Controladoria na PDG Realty, do setor imobiliário.
De 2013 a 2022, foi o CFO da Greenwood Resource Brasil. Atualmente é membro do Conselho Consultivo da Global Timber Resources (GTR) Brasil e Greenwood Brasil, que atuam na área Agrícola. Saulo foi membro do Conselho de Administração da REP Shopping Center, TGLT Real Estate ( Argentina), Tarjab Incorporações , do Comitê Fiscal da Sociedade Rural Brasileira – SRB, membro do Conselho fiscal da PDG Realty, Cyrela Comercial Properties e do comitê de auditoria da Privalia S.A. Desde abril de 2016, Sr. Lara é membro do Conselho Fiscal da Equatorial Energia, Equatorial Maranhão e, a partir de 2018, da Equatorial Para e 2021 da CEEE -RS, também do grupo Equatorial. |
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| Vanderlei Dominguez da Rosa | Fiscal Council Member |
| Vanderlei Dominguez da Rosa, Conselheiro Fiscal Efetivo – O Sr. Dominguez é formado em Ciências Contábeis pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e em cursos de extensão em Mercado de Capitais pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e Contabilidade de Custos pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. É sócio-executivo da empresa HB Audit – Auditores Independentes S.S. e sua principal função é a de executar, revisar e supervisionar os trabalhos de auditoria independente e é o responsável técnico perante a Comissão de Valores Mobiliários – CVM. Atua como membro efetivo do Conselho Fiscal das empresas: Odontoprev S.A., Sanepar, Tecnisa S.A., Weg S.A.; e como membro suplente do conselho fiscal das empresas Marcopolo S.A., Padtec S.A., IdeiasNet S.A., Officer Distribuidora S.A.; Nos últimos 5 anos, atuou como membro do Conselho Fiscal das empresas Triunfo Participações e Investimentos S.A., Equatorial Energia S.A., Centrais Elétricas do Pará S.A. (estas duas últimas integrantes do grupo econômico do Emissor), OSX Brasil S.A., Tegma Gestão e Logística S.A., Multiplus S.A., MPX Energia S.A., Tupy S.A., Marisol S.A.. | |
| Paulo Roberto Franceschi | Fiscal Council Alternate |
| Paulo Roberto has been a partner at Audicontrol Auditoria e Controle, an independent auditing and consultancy firm in the accounting and tax areas, since 1995. As a senior partner, he is responsible for conducting the business strategy, technical responsibility for the work together with the other partners. He worked in international auditing for 18 years before establishing the company Audicontrol. He is a full member of the Fiscal Council of the Company and of the following companies: Triunfo Participações Investimentos S.A., Centro de Imagem Diagnósticos S.A. and Companhia de Saneamento do Paraná – Sanepar. He is an effective member of the following companies of the Equatorial Group: Equatorial Pará S.A., Equatorial Maranhão S.A. and Companhia Estadual de Distribuio de Energia Elétrica (CEEE-D). He is also an alternate member of the Supervisory Board of the following companies: Weg S.A., Odontoprev S.A., Valid S.A and Equatorial Energia S.A.. Mr. Paulo Roberto studied Economic Sciences at FAE Business School and Accounting Sciences at the Fundação de Estudos Sociais do Paraná. | |
| Maria Salete Garcia Pinheiro | Fiscal Council Member |
| Maria Salete is certified by IBGC to serve on Boards of Directors and Fiscal Councils. Graduated in Accounting Sciences with an MBA in Finance from IBMEC (2001), she has a Business Training Program from the University of Ontario, Canada. She currently serves as an effective member of the Fiscal Council of Equatorial Energia S.A., Equatorial Pará Distribuidora de Energia S.A. and, since 2023, of the Companhia Estadual de Distribuio de Energia Elétrica (CEEE-D), also part of the Equatorial Group. ; (b) Coordinator of the Audit Committee of HDI Seguros S.A. and Icatu Seguros S.A. since 2020; (c) Member of the Audit Committee of BNDES since 2020 and (d) Member of the Audit Committee of Origem Energia since 2023. Previous activities: (a) Member of the Board of Directors and Coordinator of the Audit Committee of HPX Corp between 2020 and 2023, (b) Member of the Fiscal Council of BR Distribuidora, currently Vibra Energia S.A. between 2019 and 2021, (c) Member of the Fiscal Council of Jereissati Participações S.A. between 2020 and 2022. (d) Coordinator of the Audit Committee of Banco Modal S.A. Between 2021 and 2023. From 1979 to 2018 she worked as an independent auditor for Pricewaterhousecoopers Brasil LTDA (PWC), considered a Big4 – among the four largest auditing companies in the world, with 23 years as an audit partner. | |
| Cristiane do Amaral Mendonça | Fiscal Council Member |
| Cristiane do Amaral Mendonça, Effective Fiscal Advisor – Admitted to VIC DTVM S.A. as Internal Auditor in 2016. Graduated in Accounting from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Postgraduate in Audit Controlling and Finance from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV/RJ. She worked as an External Auditor at BKR – Lopes Machado Auditores, as responsible for work focused on Risks and Internal Controls, held the position of effective Fiscal Advisor at – Eternit S.A. from 2017 to 2020, Fiscal Advisor at Companhia Paranaense de Energia -Copel S.A. from 2021 to 2023. She is currently an Effective Tax Advisor at the companies, Cielo S.A – Institution of Payment and Oi. S.A. – UNDER LEGAL RECOVERY. | |
| Moacir Gibur | Fiscal Council Alternate |
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| Ricardo Bertucci | Fiscal Council Alternate |
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Bertucci has a degree in Accounting Sciences from UFPR – Federal University of Paraná and a postgraduate degree in Controllership from FAE Business School. He has been a partner at Audicontrol-Auditoria e Controle since 2011, being a senior partner responsible for driving the business strategy, technical responsibility for the work together with the other partners.
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| Adilson Celestino de Lima | |
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| Eduardo Ramos da Silva | |
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