Governance Structure
Companhia Paranaense de Energia is a mixed capital publicly traded company and currently the largest company in the State of Paraná. Headquartered in Curitiba, Copel operates through its subsidiaries in the areas of generation, transmission, distribution and commercialization of energy.
Copel’s corporate governance structure is made up of statutory and non-statutory advisory bodies, with different levels of responsibility. The Company is managed by the Board of Directors and the Executive Board, as established in the Bylaws, in accordance with Federal Law No. 6,404/1976.
Advisory Bodies
Advisory bodies have a consultative nature and are important instruments to support companies’ decision-making. At Copel, the support committees for the Board of Directors are divided into two categories: statutory and non-statutory, with specific responsibilities of analysis and recommendation on certain matters.
Statutory Advisory Bodies
Copel has four statutory advisory committees, with the function of supporting the decision-making process with information and analysis of issues related to the scope of their duties detailed in their respective internal regulations.
Statutory Audit Committee (CAE), Investment and Innovation Committee (CII), Sustainable Development Committee (CDS) and People Committee (CDG) are independent bodies of a consultative and permanent nature to advise the Board of Directors.
Non-statutory Advisory Bodies
Copel has four non-statutory advisory bodies, with the function of supporting decision-making, with information and analysis of matters relating to the scope of their duties detailed in their respective internal regulations.
Executive Board
Copel’s Executive Board is composed of the Holding Company’s Executive Board, whose executive board is composed of nine officers, as follows: one Chief Executive Officer; one Executive Director of Corporate Management; one Executive Director of Finance and Investor Relations; one Deputy Executive Director of Supply; one Executive Director of New Business; one Executive Director of Regulation and Market; one Executive Director of Legal and Compliance; one Deputy Executive Director of Governance, Risk and Compliance; and one Deputy Executive Director of Communication, and by the Officers of the direct wholly-owned subsidiaries (Copel Geração e Transmissão, Copel Distribuição, Copel Comercialização and Copel Serviços), responsible for the execution of the Company’s end activities. To learn more about the attributions and duties of the Executive Boards, see the By-Laws.
To get to know the profile of the Executive Officers, access the tabs dedicated to each one. To learn how they are structured, access the Organizational Chart.
