Elmar de Oliveira Santana

Mr. Santana is Chief Energy Generation and Transmission Officer of Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais SA, he has been the Chief Executive Officer of Efficientia S.A.
and Cemig PCH S.A since March 2003.
He is Executive Officer of Usina Térmica Ipatinga S.A., Sá Carvalho S.A., Horizontes Energia S.A., Cemig Trading S.A.
and Central Hidrelétrica Pai Joaquim S.A.Previously he served as the rural electrification coordinator and as an operations and distribution superintendent from 1977 to 1983 at DAE/MG (a water and electricity utility owned by the State of Minas Gerais), Engineer from 1983 to 2001 at CEMIG and Secretary of Mines and Energy for the State of Minas Gerais from December 2001 to April 2002.
He earned degree in electrical engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from IBMEC (the Brazilian Capital Markets Institute).