Updated at 31/10/2025
BIOFUND is composed of an organizational structure consisting of different governing bodies: the General Assembly, the Advisory Committee, the Board of Directors, and the Supervisory Board.
The General Assembly is formed by all BIOFUND members and is chaired by a board that includes its president, vice-president, and secretary. Among its main responsibilities are approving BIOFUND’s strategic plan, electing new BIOFUND members, as well as electing the members of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee upon the proposal of the Advisory Committee, and deciding on the attribution of honorary and benefactor member status.
The Advisory Committee is composed of five members elected among themselves in a joint meeting of the founding members and outgoing members of the Board of Directors. This body is responsible for proposing to the General Assembly the list of members of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee for approval, and for appointing the external auditor.
BIOFUND is governed by a Board of Directors composed of 7–11 members from various sectors such as Government, NGOs, Financial Management, Academia, Civil Society, and occasionally Donors. The Board of Directors is responsible for the administration and management of BIOFUND and its assets, approving the annual or multi-annual activity plans and respective budgets, setting the annual investment fund, approving projects and priority initiatives for fund allocation and respective assignments, and approving the annual financial report to be presented to the General Assembly, among other responsibilities.
For the day-to-day management of BIOFUND, the Board of Directors delegates powers to the Executive Director. The Executive Director oversees the Director of Administration and Finance, the Director of Programs, and the Director of Innovative Financing, each managing their respective teams.
Finally, the Supervisory Board, composed of 3–5 members, is responsible for verifying the legality of management actions and the regularity of BIOFUND’s administrative and financial activities, as well as producing an annual opinion on BIOFUND’s financial performance and its compliance with the established financial and administrative procedures.

Board of Directors

Carlos dos Santos
PCA
2025-2029

Adamo Valy
Vice-PCA
2025-2029

Tereza Alves
Secretary
2025-2029

Lourenço do Rosário
2025-2029

Marcos Pereira
2025-2029

Milagre Nuvunga
2025 – 2029

Madyo Couto
2025 – 2029

MAAP – Represented by:
Pejul Calenga
2024 – 2027

Hélder Muteia
2025 – 2029
Supervisory Board

Afonso Madope
President
2025 – 2029

Yasmin Patel
Rapporteur
2025 – 2029

Felismina Antia
Rapporteur, MAAP – Fishing Sector
Board of the General Assembly

Fernando Sumbana
President
2021 – 2025

Angelo Levi
(Gorongosa Restoration Project)
Vice President
2025 – 2029

To be appointed
Advisory Committee

Anabela Afonso Rodrigues
President
2023 – 2027

Bartolomeu Soto
Secretary
2023 – 2027

José Óscar Monteiro
2023 – 2027

Abdul Magid Osman
2023 – 2027

To be appointed
2025 – 2029
Individual Members
Abdul Magid Osman
Adamo Valy
Adriano Macia
Adriana Moreira
Afonso Madope
Agostinho Nazaré
Agostinho Jorge
Alice Massingue
Alice Costa
Almeida Sitoe
Anabela Rodrigues
António Branco
Bartolomeu Soto
Bruno Nhancale
Chris Turner
Camila de Sousa
Camila Monteiro
Carlos Henriques
Carlos Lopes Pereira
Carlos Santos
Carlos Serra
Carl Bruessow
Catarina Chidiamassamba
Célia Macamo
Cornélio Ntumi
Djamila Ossman
Fernando Sumbana
Francisco Pariela
Gildo Espada
Helena Motta
Hélder Muteia
Jorge Ferrão
Jose Oscar Monteiro
Kathleen Mikitin
Lourenço do Rosário
Luis Bernardo Honwana
Madyo Couto
Marcos Pereira
Mark Rose
Mateus Muthemba
Melissa Moye
Milagre Nuvunga
Mohamed Harum
Narciso Matos
Natasha Ribeiro
Nícia Givá
Pacheco Faria
Paulo Zucula
Rosta Mate
Peter Bechtel
Prakash Ratilal
Salomão Bandeira
Samira Izidine
Samiro Magane
Samira Jamu
Sean Nazerali
Sérgio Rodrigues
Shakil Hassan
Tereza Alves
Yasmin Patel
Valério Macandza
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