Administration

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors meets once a month and has the task of defining general policies and guidelines, as well as evaluating the projects proposed by the Executive Board and assessing the achieved results.

The Board of Directors is composed of seven members, elected by the General Meeting and removable by it, with a two-year term of office, with reelection being permitted.

Of the seven members, four are representatives of the majority shareholder, being one of them the Chief Executive Officer. One is a representative of the minority shareholders, one is an independent member and, finally, we have the representative counsellor of the company’s employees.

The members of Cagece’s Board of Directors are:

Name Office
Eduardo Sávio Passos Rodrigues Martins Chairman of the Board of Directors

Civil Engineer and PhD from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering – Cornell University (2001), Eduardo Sávio is currently an adjunct professor at the Federal University of Ceará – UFC, a collaborating professor in the Graduate Program in Climate and Energy at the State University of Ceará – Uece and president of the Cearense (Ceará’s) Meteorology and Water Resources Foundation – Funceme. He is currently a representative of the International Association for Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) in Brazil. Works in the ​​Sanitary Engineering area, with emphasis on Hydrology.

Carlos Emanuel Brito Salmito Council member

Electrical Engineer, graduated from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), with a specialization in Public Administration (Estácio/FIC-2012). He worked at the Port Integration Company (CearaPortos), from 2002 to 2005, with the position of Commissioned Support Technician. He joined Cagece in 2006 as an Operations and Maintenance Engineer, being supervisor of Automation Maintenance (2008-2013), manager of Electromechanical and Automation Maintenance (2013-2015), and currently responsible for the North Business Superintendence.

Neuri Freitas Council member

Graduated from the University of Fortaleza in 2000 in Accounting Sciences, Neuri also has a master’s degree in Controllership from the Federal University of Ceará – UFC (2008). He has an MBA in Controllership and Finance from the University of Grande Rio (2001). With performance in the administrative and financial areas, he has worked mainly in the sphere of controllership, accounting, costs, management information system and budget. At Cagece, he was Market Director, and Manager of the Finance and Controllership departments. Currently, in addition to being president of the Ceará Water and Sewage Company – Cagece, he is President of the Brazilian Association of State Sanitation Companies (Aesbe).

Ricardo Eleutério Rocha Council member

Economist, full professor at the University of Fortaleza – Unifor, economic analyst with experience in academic and university management, advisor to CORECON-CE (Regional Council of Economics) and member of the Board of Trade of the State of Ceará (JUCEC). Ricardo has a degree in Economic Sciences from the University of Brasília – UnB; has a specialization course in Financial Administration (UNIFOR) and a master’s degree in Economics (CAEN/UFC). He has a master’s degree in International Business from UNIFOR.

Sarah Feitosa Cavalcante Andrade Council member

Mrs. Sarah Feitosa Cavalcante Andrade is a lawyer with 20 years of experience and, a postgraduate in Public Law from Christus University, also from the Federal University of Ceará – UFC, a specialist in the area of Electoral Law, was elected partner-owner of the law firm Feitosa & Simões, taught courses in Business Law and Public and Private Law Institutions at the Latin American College; She was coordinator of the Official Gazette of Fortaleza and is currently working for the outsourced company at the General Controllership of the Municipality of Fortaleza – CGM.

Renata Morais Duarte Serpa Council member

Ms. Renata Morais Duarte is from Fortaleza, has a master’s degree in Economics from the Federal University of Ceará – UFC, a Postgraduate degree in Financial Management and Business Business from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV and a degree in Actuarial Sciences from the Federal University of Ceará. Professional with 25 years of experience in actuarial, financial and management areas. She served as Director and Pension Advisor at the Pension Institute of the Municipality of Fortaleza – IPM. She served as actuarial coordinator at the Social Security Secretariat of the Ministry of Social Security in Brasília, defining policies and standards aimed to promote and regulate the RPPS established by the Union, States, DF and Municipalities. For 12 years, she held a management and actuarial role in actuarial consultancy companies: Completa Assessoria Municipal, Probus Consultoria Atuarial and Gama Consultores Associados. Having also worked as a professor at the Federal University of Ceará on the actuarial sciences course.

Statutory Audit Committee

The Statutory Audit Committee is a body linked to the Board of Directors of Cagece and its function is to support the board in checking, verifying and analyzing information, mainly related to risk, governance and internal audit.

The committee is composed of three members and its duties are to supervise the executed activities of internal control, internal audit and the preparation of the company’s financial statements; monitor the quality and integrity of the internal control mechanisms, the financial statements and the information and measurements released by the company; evaluate and monitor the company’s risk exposures, among other duties.

Statutory Audit Committee Members:

Name Office
Clara Germana Rocha Committee Coordinator

Graduated in Accounting Science at the University of Fortaleza – Unifor and graduated in Law, Clara Germana is an accounting expert registered in the National Register of Accounting Experts – CNPC. She holds a postgraduate degree in Tax Planning from the Federal University of Ceará – UFC and is a member of the university extension course Social Control of Public Accounts (Fundação Demócrito Rocha and UFC).

Lilia Palmeira Pinheiro Committee Member

With a doctorate in Sociology from the Federal University of Ceará – UFC (2017), a master’s in Philosophy also from UFC (2006), specialization in Clinical Philosophy (2011) and a degree in Philosophy from the State University of Ceará – Uece (2000), Lilia has experience as professor in the area of ​​Philosophy, with emphasis on Logic, Philosophy of Language and Philosophy of Science. Currently, she is dedicated to scientific research and teaching Philosophy at UFC and Uece.

Christiane do Vale Leitão Committee Member

Bachelor of Law from the University of Fortaleza, with postgraduate degrees in Criminal Procedural Law and Sociology, and also has a Master’s degree in Constitutional Law.  She worked as a legal analyst at the Fortaleza Municipal Attorney’s Office, President of the Women Lawyers Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) Ceará, State Counselor of the OAB Ceará, Vice-president of the OAB/CE, Vice-president of the Cearense Council for Women’s Rights and is an effective member of the Ceará Lawyers’ Institute and the Brazilian Lawyers’ Institute. She is currently President of the OAB, Ceará section (2025/2027).

Fiscal Council

Cagece established a permanent Fiscal Council made up consisting of five members and an equal number of alternates, elected at the General Shareholders’ Meeting for a one-year term. Its prerogatives, duties and responsibilities are provided for by Law 6.404 / 76.

Among its duties, we highlight the analysis of balance sheets and other financial statements prepared periodically by the Company.

As for the frequency of meetings, the Fiscal Council meets, ordinarily, once a month.

Fiscal Council Members:

Name Office
Marcos Cesar Cals de Oliveira Board Chairman

Graduated in Sociology and postgraduate in Public Management and with an MBA in Logistics from the University of Fortaleza. He served twice as First Secretary of the Assembly and was elected President for the 2003/2004 and 2005/2006 bienniums. From 2007 to 2010, he was Secretary of Justice and Citizenship of the State of Ceará. From 2016 to 2019, he was appointed Superintendent of the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform of the State (Incra-CE). In 2019, he was appointed to the Executive Secretariat for Housing and Urban Development of the Secretariat of Cities. In 2022, he was appointed Secretary of the Secretariat of Cities, where he remains to this day.

Francisco das Chagas Cipriano Vieira Council member

Graduated in Social Communication from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), postgraduate in Television Journalism from the Catholic Faculty of Ceará and with an MBA in Business Management from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), he worked for over 20 years in the communication systems of the states of Ceará, Bahia and Pernambuco. He headed the communications area of ​​the Government of Ceará, as Special Advisor. Currently, he is Secretary of State, Chief of the Civil House of the Government of Ceará.

Sandro Camilo Carvalho Council member

Graduated in Administration with an MBA in Management and Public Administration, he is the current Executive Secretary of Planning and Internal Management of the Secretariat of Social Protection of the State of Ceará – SPS. He served as Secretary of Social Protection and Executive Secretary of Drug Policies. He was Chief of Staff of the Vice-Presidency of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Ceará, of the Vice-Mayor of Fortaleza and of the President of the Municipal Chamber of Fortaleza.

Francisco de Castro Menezes Júnior Council member

Lawyer, graduated in Law and post-graduated in Criminal Law from the University of Fortaleza (Unifor). He began his public life as a civil servant at the Municipal Government of Eusébio, where he held a position in the Tax sector. He worked as Legal Advisor to the Union of Public Servants, in the Secretariats of Education and Culture of the State of Ceará (APEOC).

Gioconda Vieira Bretas Council member

Graduated and Master in Social Communication. She was National Secretary for Social Articulation of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic. She served as Special Advisor for Communication and Director of the Public Communication Center of the Social Communication Secretariat (Secom) of the Presidency of the Republic between 2006 and 2011. She also served as Special Advisor to the Communications Advisory Office of the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management from 2011 to 2015. She was Special Advisor to the Presidency at Caixa Econômica Federal from 2015 to 2016 and Superintendent of Communication and Marketing of the Superintendence of Communication and Marketing of the National Federation of Associations of Caixa Econômica Federal Staff (Fenae) from 2019 to 2021. She currently holds the position of special advisor to the Executive Secretary of the Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic.

Substitutes Substitutes

Gustavo de Alencar e Vicentino

Raimundo Weber de Araújo

Sabrine Gondim Lima

 

Executive Board

Name Office
Neuri Freitas Chief Executive Officer

Graduated from the University of Fortaleza in 2000 in Accounting Sciences, Neuri also has a master’s degree in Controllership from the Federal University of Ceará – UFC (2008). He has an MBA in Controllership and Finance from the University of Grande Rio (2001). With performance in the administrative and financial areas, he has worked mainly in the sphere of controllership, accounting, costs, management information system and budget. At Cagece, he was Market Director, and Manager of the Finance and Controllership departments. Currently, in addition to being president of the Ceará Water and Sewage Company – Cagece, he is President of the Brazilian Association of State Sanitation Companies (Aesbe).

Dario Perini Financial and Investor Relations

A career employee at Cagece, he joined the competition in 2004. Business Administrator, specialist in Financial Administration at the State University of Ceará (UECE) and master in Administration and Controllership at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), has extensive experience in the financial area and accounting of Cagece. He was at the helm of the Financial Management from 2007 to 2013 and of the Financial and Accounting Management from 2013 to 2014, in addition to being Financial and Assets Superintendent from Nov/2014 until Mar/2015. He served as Director of Corporate Management between March 2015 and January 2020.

Rogério Leite Operations Director

Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Unifor and Business Administration from UECE, specializing in Human Resources from UFC, and a Masters in Administration from UECE. He has been part of the Company’s staff since 1984, where he held positions as Regulation Coordinator, Administrative Services Manager, Operations Director and Capital Business Superintendent. He served as Municipal Secretary of Itaitinga, Director of the Ceará Industrial Technology Center (NUTEC), and an Advisor to the Ceará Meteorology Foundation (FUNCEME). He was Manager of the State Coordination of DNOCS and university professor.

Cláudia Caixeta Market Director

Chemical Engineer (1996) and career employee at Cagece since 2002, she holds a PhD in Environmental Sanitation (2001) from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) and a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering (1999) from the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU). At Cagece, the engineer has worked in the Environment Management, the Business Development Management and the Responsibility and Social Interaction Management, having been a manager in the last two. In addition, she taught at institutions of technical education such as Cefet, Centec and FIC.

José Leite Corporate Management Director

An economist by training, José Leite Gonçalves Cruz was in the last years in the presidency of the Supply Centers of Ceará S/A (Ceasa). With experience in the administration area, he has a master’s degree in International Business from Unifor and was executive secretary of Planning and Internal Management of the Secretariat of Agrarian Development of the State of Ceará (SDA). He was president of the Agropolos Institute and headed the SDA’s Planning and Management Coordination. José Leite was also mayor of the city of Barbalha for two consecutive mandates and a career employee at Banco do Brasil for 32 years.

Carlos Salmito Interior Business Director

Electrical Engineer, graduated from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), with specialization in Public Administration (Estácio/FIC-2012). He worked at the Port Integration Company (CearaPortos), from 2002 to 2005, with a commissioned position as Support Technician. He joined Cagece in 2006 as an Operations and Maintenance Engineer, and was Supervisor of Automation Maintenance (2008-2013), Manager of Electromechanical Maintenance and Automation (2013-2015), and currently responds for the Superintendence of Northern Business.

José Carlos Asfor Engineering Director

Civil Engineer (1999), he has been a member of Cagece since 2002. In his career, he has served as advisor to the Engineering Directorate, Support Manager to the Environmental Sanitation Coordination, Deputy Director of Planning and Control and Superintendent of Planning and Funding of resources. The engineer is a specialist in Supply and Residual Water Systems (2004) and obtained the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification in 2010.

Luciano Arruda Partnership Management Director

Legal Scientist, graduated in Legal Sciences from the University of Fortaleza – UNIFOR,  was Executive Secretary of Planning and Management of the Secretary of Tourism of Ceará; coordinator of Institutional and International Relations of the Secretary of Tourism of the City of Fortaleza; Chief Secretary of the Cabinet of the City of Sobral; Chief of the Cabinet of the Presidency of the Port Management Company of Ceará – Ceará Portos/Porto do Pecém; besides being legal coordinator and professor of the Administration course of the State University Vale do Acaraú.

Last update: March 5, 2025

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