Special Secretariat Team

Martha Seillier

Special Secretary of the Secretariat for Investments Partnerships Program

Experience: She was the Director of the Department of Regulation and Competition of Civil Aviation (DERC) at the Secretariat for Civil Aviation (SAC-PR), from 2011 to 2016, and the Coordinator of the Department of Policies of the same body in 2010. She was the first woman to ever hold the position of CEO of Infraero, in January 2018.

Academic background: She holds a Master degree in Economics from University of Brasilia/UnB. She has begun her career as civil servant as Specialist in Public Policies and Government Management attending classes at the National School of Public Administration/ENAP. She also holds a bachelor degree in Economics from University of Brasilia/UnB and another in Law from Centro Universitário de Brasília/UniCEUB.

Institutional E-mail: agendappi@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: +55 61 2025-4212
Bruno Westin Prado Soares Leal

Deputy Special Secretary of the Secretariat for Investments Partnerships Program

Experience: Federal Auditor of Finance and Control of the National Treasury Secretariat (STN), he held the positions of Director in the Special Secretariat for Privatization, Divestment and Markets of the Ministry of Economy and of Deputy Secretary of State for Finance of Minas Gerais in 2015. He was a member of the CEMIG's Board of Directors in the years 2015 and 2016. He also served as Budget Director at SEST / SEDDM / ME in 2019.

Academic background: He holds a Bachelor degree in Economic Sciences from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and a Master degree in Economic Theory from the University of São Paulo (USP).

Institutional E-mail: bruno.leal@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: +55 61 2025-4211
Thiago Costa Monteiro Caldeira

Secretary of Transportation Coordination

Experience: He became a civil servant after passing a national examination for Legislative Consultant in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. From 2013 to 2017 he was the Coordinator-General on Regulatory Policies in the Secretary for Civil Aviation, when he focused his job in airport concession structuring and in policies for promoting the air transportation market. From 2007 to 2012 he pursued a career in public services regulation in the Energy Regulation Agency (ANEEL), where he mainly dealt with economic regulation in concession contracts of power distribution and transmission.

Academic background: He holds a Bachelor degree in Economics and a Bachelor degree in Law and a Master degree in Regulation and Business Management from Universidade de Brasilia (Brasilia University – UnB). He also currently attends PHD classes in Economics in Universidade Católica de Brasília (Brasilia Catholic University)

Institutional E-mail: thiago.m.caldeira@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: +55 61 3411-6462
Rose Mirian Hofmann

Secretary of Support for Environmental Licensing and Expropriation

Experience: Legislative Consultant to the Chamber of Deputies since 2015, working in the area of environment and environmental law, territorial organization, urban and regional development. She has also held the position of Environmental Licensing Director at the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama), was a Regulation Specialist at the National Waterway Transport Agency (Antaq) and an environmental analyst at Ibama and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (Copel).

Academic background: Technologist in Environmental Chemistry at the Federal Center for Technological Education of Paraná (Cefet / PR); specialist in Environmental Management and Engineering from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR / Institute of Engineering of Paraná - IEP); specialist in Regulation of Public Services by Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) and master's student in Legislative Power.

Institutional E-mail: rose.hofmann@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4215
Wesley Callegari Cardia

Secretary of Promotion and Support for Partnerships of Federative Entities

Experience: Shareholder/Director of Maestro Marketing since 1991. Director of Aspen Capital, mergers and acquisitions company (2011-2018). CEO of ISL Brazil (1999-2001). Worked in three different moments for the government of Rio Grande do Sul State: Director of International Relations - (1979-1983), Ceremonial Manager - (1983-1984) and Events Director (1995-1998). He was also Director of the midia company RBS (1984-1990) e Director of Marketing of the Soccer State Federation – RS (2004-2012). Author of the books "Sports Marketing and Sponsorship", "Sports Marketing and Arenas Management" and "Image crisis and crisis management".

Academic background: Doing PhD in Communication Science at PUC-RS. Master in Communication Science at PUC-RS (2008). Post-graduate certificate in Marketing at the University of California - Berkeley (1992). MBA at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul [Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul] - UFRGS (1991). Post-graduate certificate in Administration and Human Resources Management at PUC-RS (1986). Fellow in International Relations at Sofia University – Tokyo, Japan (1982). Bachelor's Degree in Law at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul [Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul] - UFRGS (1981).

Institutional E-mail: wesley.cardia@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4216 / 4217
Romário de Oliveira Batista

Secretary of Energy, Oil, Gas and Mining

Experience: He was an employee of COELBA (Bahia State Power Company) for 21 years, where he held the positions of coordinator of business management (1993/1994), director of operations (1987/1988), manager of the departments of RMS distribution (1986), of bidding and hiring (1984/1985) and of coordination of the BID Project (1983), and of the technical division of Alagoinhas (1978-1981). In the Salvador City Hall, he held the positions of president of the social security institute (1989) and municipal administration secretary (1990-1992). Required by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, he held the positions of chief of staff to the executive secretary (1995) and special advisor to the minister (Jan / 96 to May / 98), during which the Restructuring of the Brazilian Electricity Sector – RESEB and the Flexibilization of Oil and Gas Monopoly were carried out, as well as the privatizations of federal distributors Escelsa and Light, of the Eletrobras subsidiary Gerasul, and several other state distributors and generators. In Jun / 98, he joined ANEEL as a superintendent for the regulation of distribution services (Jun-Aug / 98) and, later, as an advisor to the director (Sep / 1998 to Dec / 2013). As of 2014, he became chairman of the Special Bidding Committee and of the Executive Auctions Secretariat. He has been a public servant at ANEEL since Aug / 2006, as a specialist in the regulation of public energy services.

Academic background: He holds a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Uberlândia - UFU (1976) and in Laws from the University of Brasília - UnB (2006). He is a Specialist in Electric Energy Regulatory Law (UnB / 2007-2008), Economía y Regulacion de los Servicios Públicos (Universidad de Barcelona, Spain- 2002), Theory and Operation of a Modern National Economy (George Washington University, USA -1998) , Project Management (SUDENE / FGV-1982) and Electricity Distribution (UFPE / 1978).

Institutional E-mail: romario.batista@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4216 / 4217
Rodrigo Toledo Cabral Cota

Chief Advisor to the Special Advisory Service for Investors and New Businesses

Experience: Foreign Trade Analyst at the Ministry of Economy. He served as undersecretary of Export Credit and Guarantees and undersecretary of Governance of State-owned companies in the former Ministry of Finance, as well as Assistant Deputy Minister in the former Ministry of Planning. More recently, he held the position of Program Director in the Executive Secretariat of the Ministry of Economy.

Academic background: He holds a bachelor degree in Business Administration from CESMAC and a MBA in International Relations and Business from Unisinos.

Institutional E-mail: rodrigo.cota@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4213
Cláudia de Araújo Guimarães Kattar

Program Director

Experience: She was chief of staff at the Secretariat for Coordination and Governance of State-owned Companies of the Special Secretariat for Privatization, Divestment and Markets of the Ministry of Economy. She served as chief of staff at the Executive Secretariat of the Civil Aviation Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, where she also served as deputy chief of staff to the minister. Coordinator in the Department of Civil Aviation Policy of the Ministry of Defense, until May 2011. She was head of the Legislative Monitoring Division in the Parliamentary Advisory of the Ministry of Transport.

Academic background: She holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the Unified Education Association of the Federal District (AEUDF) and is a Specialist in Political Science by the University of Brasília (UnB).

Institutional E-mail: claudia.kattar@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: +55 (61) 2025-4210
Rafael Fortunato

Legal Advisor

Experience: Federal Public Attorney, focused on infrastructure and strategic affairs, Administrative, Corporate and Tax Law. Lawyer with focus on Administrative, Corporate and Tax Law. Former Coordinator in Chief of the Finalistic and Strategic Group within Mato Grosso’s Federal Attorney Office. Former Deputy Assistant-Chief for Infrastructure of the Sub-division for Legal Affairs within the Presidency of the Republic (Casa Civil).

Academic background: Law degree from Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE); Complementary academic studies at Università deli Studies Roma Tre; Post-Graduate studies on Corporate Law at Luiz Flávio Gomes Legal Academy (on going); Post-Graduate studies on Licitations, Public Contracts and Public Auditing at CEPEC/MT (on going).

Institutional E-mail: rafael.h.fortunato@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: +55 61 3411-3804
Gabriela Vilaça

Press Officer

Experience: Gabriela Vilaça is a journalist with over 10 years of experience in the public and private sectors. She has wide experience in press relations, content production and strategic communication planning. She was chief press officer to the Minas Gerais State Secretariat for Infrastructure and Mobility (Seinfra-MG) between January 2019 and September 2020. She also served as a press officer and reporter in the Government of Minas Gerais between 2014 and 2018.

Academic background: She is BA in Social Communication/Journalism by Belo Horizonte University Center (UniBH) and Specialist in Strategic Communication Management by the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas).

Institutional E-mail: gabriela.vilaca@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: +55 61 2025-4387
Renata Freire Martins

Special Advisor

Experience: She has been a servant of the National Electric Energy Agency - ANEEL since 2006. Within the Agency, she worked in four superintendencies. In the Superintendence of Sectorial Administrative Mediation and Public Participation, she worked in the Operational Service Group (2006-2009) and in the Consumer Councils (2009-2012). From 2012 to April 2019, she hold the position of parliamentary advisor in the Communication and Institutional Relations Superintendence. In April 2019, she was transferred to the Superintendence of Concessions and Generation Authorizations.

Academic background: She holds a degree in Public Management Technology from Centro Universitário Internacional (Uninter).

Institutional E-mail: renata.f.martins@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4216 / 4217
Ana Luiza Becker Salles

Program Director of the Transportation Coordination Secretariat

Experience: Lawyer with experience in Administrative, Regulatory and Customs Law. She also worked as a legal consultant in an office specialized in projects for the port sector.

Academic background: She is currently a Master student in Law, State and Constitution (University of Brasília - UnB). She is also a pecialist in Administrative Law (Brasiliense Institute of Public Law - IDP), Bachelor of International Relations (University of the South of Santa Catarina – UNISUL) and Law (Federal University of Santa Catarina – UFSC).

Institutional E-mail: ana.salles@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4262
Leonardo Rafael Machado de Freitas Maciel

Program Director of the Transportation Coordination Secretariat

Experience: Analyst at the National Superintendence of Pension Funds (Previc) after 2013, where he worked as General Coordinator of Special Projects, and coordinator in the areas of studies and research, monitoring and investment guidance. He also coordinated the granting area at the Civil Aviation Secretariat, at the time, answering to the Presidency of the Republic, where he worked during the first three rounds of concessions for Brazilian airports. Between 2008 and 2013, he was an ANAC server in the career of Technical Analyst. Before joining the public service, he worked as a business consultant in the areas of project management and finance.

Academic background:
Specialist in finance from IBMEC and BS in Mathematics by the University of Brasília (UnB), he is currently majoring in Law.

Institutional E-mail: leonardo.f.maciel@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4281
Bruno Batista Melin

Program Director of the Transportation Coordination Secretariat

Experience:
Federal Auditor of Finance and Control of the National Treasury Secretariat (STN), was General Coordinator of Economic and Financial Evaluation of Studies and Projects at the Department of Infrastructure Development of the former Ministry of Planning, Development and Management and General Coordinator of Project Preparation at the Secretariat for Promotion of Transport Actions of the Ministry of Transport. Before joining the public sector, he worked as a consultant in the area of business management.

Academic background:
Master in Production Engineering, Specialist in Business Management and BS in Metallurgical Engineering by the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Institutional E-mail: bruno.melin@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4370
Manoel Renato Machado Filho

Program Director of the Secretariat for the Promotion and Support of Partnerships of Federative Entities

Experience: Member of the Public Policy and Government Management Specialist career at the Ministry of Economy. Federal Civil Servant since 1990. Geologist and Sanitary Engineer working at the National Health Foundation and Ministries of Health, Cities and Planning, holding positions as Director of Social and Urban Infrastructure (MPDG), Director of the Department of Development and Technical Cooperation (former Ministry of Cities); Deputy Director of Public Health Engineering (FUNASA); National Project Manager for the National Health Card Initiative (MS); General Coordinator of Sanitation Projects and Health Buildings (FUNASA). Member of the FGTS Curator Council between 2016 and 2018, representing the former Ministry of Planning, Development and Management. He was a member of the Boards of Directors of Eletrobrás CGTEE (2017 and 2018) and CBTU (2019) and of the Management Board of the São Francisco River Basin Integration Project with the Northeast Northeast Basins - PISF (2016 to 2018).

Academic background: Master in Public Health, University of São Paulo (USP); Post-graduate in Public Health Engineering, National School of Public Health of the Osvaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP / FIOCRUZ); Bachelor of Geology, University of Brasília (UnB).

Institutional E-mail: manoel.m.filho@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4263
Marcel Olivi Gonzaga Barbosa

Program Director of the Secretary of Promotion and Support for Partnerships of Federative Entities

Experience: Career Infrastructure Analyst at the Ministry of Economy, where he held the positions of Coordinator at the Planning Secretariat; General Coordinator, Program Director and Director of the Department of Social and Urban Infrastructure at the Secretariat for Infrastructure Development. He coordinated the "Minha Casa Minha Vida" Program and the federal investments in Sanitation, Mobility, Prevention in Risk Areas, Water Infrastructure (like the São Francisco River Integration Project), Irrigation, Education (Nurseries and Sports Courts), Health (Emergency Care Units and Basic Health Unities), Tourism and Sports. He also represented the Ministry of Economy in the FGTS Council; in the Management Council for the National Dissemination Strategy of the “Building Information Modeling”; in the Council of Cities; and in the Monitoring Group of the National System of Research on Costs and Indices of Civil Construction - SINAPI. He is currently a Board Member of Companhia Docas do Rio de Janeiro and Director of Strategic Works at PPI.

Academic background: MBA in Public Management; in Projects and in Business Management (Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV). BS in Civil Engineering (Federal University of Uberlândia – UFU). Other courses: Training Program for Board Members (Fundação Dom Cabral – SEST); Construction and Urban Planning (China / Shanghai Business School); Sediment related disaster risk assessment & mapping for urban expansion planning in Brazil (Japan/JICA); Management of Major Infrastructure Projects (Spain / Fundación CEDDET); Strategic Environmental Assessment (Brasilia National University – UNB).

Institutional E-mail: marcel.g.barbosa@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4263
Lua Selene Almeida

Program Director of the Secretary of Promotion and Support for Partnerships of Federative Entities

Experience: She is an Airforce reservist and an oil engineer at Petrobras since 2012. She was an advisor and general coordinator of Productive Infrastructures at the Special Secretariat for Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic. From September 2019 to December 2020, she worked at PPI as an advisor to the Special Advisory on New Projects and Investor Support.

Academic background: Master student in Mechanical Engineering (Petroleum and Energy area) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). She holds a bachelor degree in Civil-Aeronautical Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) and in Petroleum Engineering from Petrobras University.

Institutional E-mail: lua.almeida@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4371
Julia Sechi Nazareno

Program Director of the Secretary of Energy, Oil, Gas and Mining

Experience: Specialist in Regulation at the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL). From 2007 to 2015, she was responsible for regulating issues related to the electricity generation infrastructure at the Generation Regulation Superintendence, serving as Process Coordinator between 2011 and 2015. At the Economic Regulation and Market Studies Superintendence, she worked on two different occasions: from 2015 to 2016, she was coordinator of studies and later, from 2018 to 2019, she was substitute coordinator of market demands.

Academic background: Master in Electrical Engineering from the University of São Paulo (USP). Post-graduate diploma in Regulatory Impact Analysis from the University of Brasília (UnB). BS in Electrical Engineering by the University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF).

Institutional E-mail: julia.s.nazareno@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4268
Frederico Munia Machado

Program Director of the Secretary of Energy, Oil, Gas and Mining

Experience: From 2003 to 2004 he was associated with a law firm, where he worked in the various legal areas applied to mining. He served as advisor at the Office of Federal Circuit Prosecution - 1st Region (Federal Prosecution Service) and at the General Secretariat of the National Council of Prosecution Services (CNMP), performing administrative and legal work (2004-2006). He is a Federal Attorney of the General Attorney's Office (AGU), having served in the Legal Office of the former National Department of Mineral Production (DNPM) and at the Specialized Federal Attorney’s Office of the National Mining Agency - PFE / ANM (2006-2019). There he has also been Chief Attorney (2016-2018), Deputy Chief-Attorney (2007-2012 and 2016) and Coordinator of Mining Affairs (2007-2012).

Academic background: Master of Law in Mineral Law and Policy from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy - CEPMLP/University of Dundee, United Kingdom (approved with distinction). He holds a Bachelor degree in Law from the University of Brasilia.

Institutional E-mail: frederico.m.machado@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4261
Alceu Justus Filho

Program Director of the Special Advisory Service for Investors and New Businesses

Experience: Infrastructure Analyst (career server) at the Ministry of Economy since 2009, he worked at the former Ministry of Cities with evaluation and monitoring of concessions and PPP's of sanitation infrastructure. He also has previous experience in the financial market in structuring long-term operations with funds from development banks.

Academic background: Specialist in Concessions and Partnerships in Public Administration by the Institute of Public Law of Brasília (IDP). Specialist in Sanitation Management and Technology by the National School of Public Health Sérgio Arouca of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP / FIOCRUZ). Civil Engineer from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP).

Institutional E-mail: alceu.j.filho@economia.gov.br

Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4269

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Special Secretariat Team

Special Secretariat Team

Martha Seillier

Bruno Westin Prado Soares Leal

Thiago Costa Monteiro Caldeira

Rose Mirian Hofmann

Wesley Callegari Cardia

Romário de Oliveira Batista

Rodrigo Toledo Cabral Cota

Cláudia de Araújo Guimarães Kattar

Rafael Fortunato

Gabriela Vilaça

Renata Freire Martins

Ana Luiza Becker Salles

Leonardo Rafael Machado de Freitas Maciel

Bruno Batista Melin

Manoel Renato Machado Filho

Marcel Olivi Gonzaga Barbosa

Lua Selene Almeida

Julia Sechi Nazareno

Frederico Munia Machado

Alceu Justus Filho