Management

Maurício Bähr

Chairman of ENGIE Brasil

Mauricio Bähr joined ENGIE in 1997. Currently he is chairman 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.

Carlos Freitas

Chief Financial Officer, ENGIE Brasil

Carlos Freitas is Chief Financial Officer for ENGIE Brasil and ENGIE Brasil Energia, as well as having a seat on the Executive Committee of ENGIE Brasil. He is responsible for a broad spectrum of activities such as Financial, Investor Relations, Procurement, Risk Management and Internal Controls.

Freitas joined the Group in 2000 as an analyst in the financial department in Brussels. Since then he has worked in Brazil, Chile and in France in positions of Senior Manager, Senior Strategist and Portfolio Manager for the financial department and as Financial Manager for ENGIE Brasil Energia and Financial Director of EECL (Chile).

Freitas graduated in Industrial Engineering from UFRJ (Brazil) and has an MBA from INSEAD (France).

Gabriel Mann

Chief Commercialization and Innovation Officer, ENGIE Brasil

Gabriel Mann has been chief commercialization and innovation officer for ENGIE Brasil since 2016, responsible for business development of clients (BtoC), companies (BtoB) and regions (BtoT); as well as innovation activities.

Gabriel Mann joined ENGIE in 2001, working in the Business Development Department of ENGIE Brasil with a focus on projects involving new energy sources, principally of the renewable type. From 2009, as manager of the Energy Marketing and Sales Department, he was responsible for the sale and purchase of energy and for the servicing and relationship with clients.

He has a Master’s degree in Thermal Sciences from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), and an MBA in Business Management from the Fundação Dom Cabral, and completed a post-MBA Program at the Kellog School of Management (USA). He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from UFSC and in Business Management from the Universidade Estadual de Santa Catarina (UDESC).

Gil Maranhão Neto

Strategy, Communication and Social Responsibility Officer

Gil Maranhão is currently strategy, 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 Business Development Officer, ENGIE Brasil

Gustavo Labanca joined ENGIE in 1998. Currently he is Chief Business Development Officer for ENGIE Brasil, responsible for the organic and inorganic growth of the Company in Brazil and for turning over the portfolio through asset divestment. 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

Solutions Officer, ENGIE Brasil

Leonardo Serpa is Solutions Officer for ENGIE Brasil, 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 and Legal 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 and Legal Director at ENGIE Brasil.

Raphael Barreau

Acquisitions, Investments and Financial Advisory Officer

Raphael Barreau is Acquisitions, Investments and Financial Advisory Officer (AI&FA) for ENGIE Brasil, operating transversely in matters relating to evaluations, mergers and acquisitions and project financing. 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.