Mario Santos

Electrical Engineer, graduated from the School of Engineering of the Federal University of Pernambuco, with specialization training in Operation and Maintenance of Large Power Systems in Europe and the United States.

Has 54 years of activity in the Electric Power Sector. Worked as Engineer and Operations Director at Companhia Hidrelétrica do São Francisco (CHESF); coordinated the Fuel Supply System of the National Department of Fuels (SNE/MINFRA) within the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME). Was Operations Director and Interim President of Eletrobrás and President of Eletronorte. Served as Executive Secretary of the National Energy Conservation Program (PROCEL), Coordinator of the Executive Committee of the Interconnected Operation Coordinating Group (GCOI), President of the Executive Committee of the Northern Region Operational Technical Group (GTON), in addition to participating as Coordinator of the Operation of the CCON, CMO/CADOP, and CODI/ABRADEE bodies. Brazilian Representative Member of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRÉ – France); and Coordinator of the Administration Committee of the National Electric Power Transmission System – SINTREL. Represented Eletrobrás in the RE-SEB Brazilian Electric Power Sector Restructuring effort. Served as a Board Member of major Electric Power Sector companies – Eletrobrás, Chesf, Eletrosul, Eletronorte, Celpe, and Saelpa. Was Director General of the National Electric System Operator (ONS); serving as a Member of the Electric Power Crisis Management Chamber – GCE; Member of the Electric Power Sector Management Chamber – CGSE; and Member of the Electric Power Sector Monitoring Committee (CMSE), linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME). Was Vice-President and President of an international organization in South America, the Comisión de Integración Energética Regional (CIER), and President of the Electricity Memory Center in Brazil.