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

Institutional Members