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 Maranhão 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 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.. | |
| 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 |
| 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. | |
| 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 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. | |
Last updated on February 23, 2024