Management

Maurício Bähr

CEO of ENGIE Brasil

Mauricio Bähr joined ENGIE in 1997. Currently he is CEO of ENGIE Brasil, chairman of the Board of Directors of ENGIE Brasil Energia and the Board of Directors of Energia Sustentável do Brasil (ESBR), responsible for the Jirau Hydroelectric Power Plant.

He was a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Electric System Operator for the Brazilian Electrical Grid System (ONS) over which he presided for ten years until 2017. Previously, he was chief financial officer for Serra da Mesa Energia S.A., chief financial officer of Nacional Energética S.A. and a member of the Board of Directors of Iven S.A.

Mauricio Bähr graduated in Mechanical Engineering and in System Analysis as well as having a Master’s degree in management from COPPEAD, the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) school of business, and in Corporate Finance from the University of California, Berkeley (USA).

Eduardo Sattamini

Chief Executive Officer, ENGIE Brasil Energia

Eduardo Sattamini has been chief executive officer of ENGIE Brasil Energia since July 2016. As such, he spearheads the operations and growth in the electric power generation and transmission businesses in Brazil. He held the position of Chief Financial Officer of EBE from 2010 to 2016, accumulating the Chief Financial Officer’s position with that of chief executive officer at ENGIE Brasil until January 2017.

Eduardo Sattamini has worked at ENGIE since May 2000, having begun his career in the company as Tractebel’s gas engineering officer for Latin America. In 2001, he was appointed senior manager for the Business Development area, Energy Division, a position that he accumulated with that of finance director for São Salvador and Energia Sustentável do Brasil (ESBR), the latter responsible for the Jirau Hydroelectric Power Plant during the early years of its installation.

Sattamini also worked for 15 years in the Transportation and Shipbuilding industry, holding the position of Managing Director and Director of the Shipbuilding Industries Association. Sattamini graduated in economics from PUC-RJ and has a Master’s degree in Business Management from London University – LBS.

Gil Maranhão Neto

Communication and Social Responsibility Officer

Gil Maranhão is currently Communication and Social Responsibility Officer for ENGIE Brasil. He joined ENGIE in 1996, in the position of delegate manager for Brazil at Tractebel Energy and Gas International, a company with registered offices in Belgium. He worked on business development, mergers and acquisitions, corporate social responsibility and commercial and institutional relations, always in a managerial position.

Currently, he is an alternate director on the Board of Directors of ENGIE Brasil Energia as well as having been both a member and an alternate member on the boards of other companies in the ENGIE group operating in Brazil.

Gil Maranhão graduated in Civil Engineering with an extension course in Construction and Statistics. He has an MBA in Capital Markets and has had prior experience at investment banks and in civil construction.

Gustavo Labanca

Chief Executive Officer at TAG

Gustavo Labanca joined ENGIE in 1998. Currently he is Chief Executive Officer at TAG. Labanca was previously Chief Business Development Officer for ENGIE Brasil, responsible for the organic and inorganic growth of the Company in Brazil. He is a member of the Board of Directors of ENGIE Brasil Energia, the Board of Directors of Energia Sustentável do Brasil (ESBR), responsible for the Jirau Hydroelectric Power Plant, and also of the Board of Directors of Usina Termelétrica Pampa Sul S.A.

He held the position of project and business development manager at ENGIE Brasil from 1998 to 2000; between 2000 and 2010, he was a financial analyst, senior financial manager and vice president in the Corporate Finance/Acquisitions, Investments & Financial Advisory Department (AIFA); and from 2010 to 2015, as vice president for Business Development.

Gustavo Labanca is a graduate in Electronic Engineering from Universidade Gama Filho. He has a postgraduate qualification in Corporate Evaluation from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, in Nuclear Engineering from ABDAN/ABDIB/COPPE from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and he has an Executive MBA from COPPEAD, the business school of UFRJ.

Leonardo Serpa

Chief Executive Officer at ENGIE Soluções

Leonardo Serpa is Chief Executive Officer at ENGIE Soluções, responsible for solutions for cities, decentralized solar energy and energy services. He joined ENGIE in May 2016, after a career of ten years in various areas of the Swiss corporation, ABB.

Leonardo Serpa has a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s qualification in Electrical Energy from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), a PhD in Power Electronics Systems from ETH, Zurich and an MBA from the Cass Business School, London.

Patrick Baeten

Ethics Director ENGIE Brasil

Master in International law from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Patrick has more than 20 years of experience at ENGIE, where he entered in 1996. He joined Tractebel’s legal department in 1996. In 2003 he was appointed Head of Competition Law with Suez, before becoming General Counsel for the European energy activities in 2006. Patrick served since 2016 as Deputy Group General Counsel, in charge of global disputes. Recent work includes investment treaty arbitration, construction and post M&A disputes, among others. In October 2018, he took over the position of Ethics Director at ENGIE Brasil.

Raphael Barreau

Chief Business Development Officer and Head of Innovation and Strategy

Raphael Barreau is Chief Business Development Officer and Head of Innovation and Strategy for ENGIE Brasil. He is also an alternate director on the Board of Directors of ENGIE Brasil Energia.

Previously, he held various positions related to energy, infrastructure, gas and water development projects in various countries, including the management of business development in Mexico, senior vice president for development in the Middle East and Africa, in addition to participating in AIFA in Asia and the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) as well as director of TAG Pipeline Sur in Mexico.

Raphael Barreau graduated in Business Administration as well as having a Master’s in Business Management and being a certified Financial Analyst.

Simone Barbieri

Human Resources and Culture Officer, ENGIE Brasil

Simone Barbieri is the officer for People and Culture at ENGIE Brasil, responsible for the Company’s Human Resources, Internal Communications and Occupational Health and Safety. She is alternate director on the Board of Directors of ENGIE Brasil Energia and a member of the Board of Directors of Usina Termelétrica Pampa Sul S.A.

Prior to joining the Group in 2004, as talents manager, she worked for Roland Berger HR Consultancy in São Paulo, Brazil.

Simone Barbieri has an MBA in Global Management and graduated in Psychology as well asbeing an ICC certified Coach.

Richard Dumas

Chief Financial Officer ENGIE Brasil

Richard joined the Group in 2000. In February 2020, he assumed the position of Chief Financial Officer of ENGIE Brasil. Previously, he was Senior Vice-President Senior of IT, Supply and Financial areas responsible for the Middle East, Asia and Dubai. He also worked as CFO in countries such as Italy and France.

Richard is a graduate in Economy and Finances by the Institut d'Études Politique and has a MBA from the Canterbury Business School.

El Mehdi Ben Maalla

Acquisitions, Investments and Financial Advisory Director ENGIE Brasil

In the Group for more than 10 years, Mehdi assumed the position of Acquisitions, Investments and Financial Advisory (AIFA) Director of ENGIE Brasil in March 2020. He previously occupied the position of Senior Advisor in AIFA, in the Business Unit Middle East, and held the same position in Belgium, besides having been previously occupying management role in the Business Unit Global Energy Management. Graduated in Electromechanical Engineering by the École Polytechnique (Universite Libre de Bruxelles), Mehdi has also a master in Engineering from the Institut Français du Pétrole (Paris, IFP) and a master in Finance and Business from the Solvay Business School.

Edson Silva

Chief Executive Officer at ESBR

Edson Silva assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer at Energia Sustentável do Brasil (ESBR) in October 2019. Previously, he occupied the position of Strategy, Innovation and Regulatory Director at ENGIE Brasil Energia. Edson has 35 years of experience in the power sector. He began his carreer at Eletrosul in 1982, where he worked until 1994, when he started to work at the Santa Catarina Federal University (UFSC) as a graduation and post-graduation teacher. In 2000, Edson joined ENGIE Brasil Energia.

Edson is graduated by the UFSC, with master and doctorate in electric power.