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Foundation Bodies
Updated at 27/04/2022
The General Assembly, the highest body of BIOFUND, meets annually to approve the plans and activity reports of the Foundation and to elect the members of the Board of Directors and of the Supervisory Board. The Assembly consists of relevant figures, both Mozambican and foreign, from the public sector, the private sector, civil society, academic institutions and also representatives of the donors.
BIOFUND is managed by a Board of Directors of 7-9 members, from the various sectors represented in the General Assembly (Government, NGOs, Financial Management, Academia, Civil Society, Donors), which is responsible for the organisation, implements the strategic plan and the annual plans, defines general guidelines, and approves the investment policy and the plan of subventions to be granted.
The Board of Directors sets up consultative bodies and working committees for various purposes. Among these there stands out the Investment Committee, which supervises the financial applications of the Foundation made by professional asset managers.
To handle the day-to-day affairs of the Foundation, the Board of Directors delegates the necessary powers to the Executive Director. The Executive leadership also includes a Director of Administration and Finance and a Director of Programmes.
The Supervisory Board, composed of three members, is responsible for inspecting annually all the administrative and financial activities of BIOFUND, including its accounts and reports, and for drawing up an opinion on activities that result in an increase or reduction of income.
Board of Directors

Narciso Matos
Chairperson

Jorge Ferrão
Deputy Chairperson

Adamo Valy
Secretário

Lourenço do Rosário

Marcos Pereira

Carlos Henriques

Julia Crause
(KfW)

Mohamed Harun
(MTA)

Milagre Nuvunga
Supervisory Board

Afonso Madope

Miguel Langa
Member
Ministério do Mar, Águas Interiores e Pescas (MIMAIP)

Tereza Alves
Board of the General Assembly

Fernando Sumbana
Chairperson

Angelo Levi
Deputy Chairperson
(Gorongosa Restoration Project)

Roberto Zolho
Secretary
Individual Members
Abdul Magid Osman
Afonso Madope
Aguiar Mazula
Almeida Sitoe
Anabela Rodrigues
Baldeu Chande
Bartolomeu Soto
Camila de Sousa
Cornélio Ntumi
Salomão Bandeira
Carlos Lopes Pereira
Natasha Ribeiro
Carlos Santos
Fernando Sumbana
Francisco Pariela
Jorge Ferrão
Jose Oscar Monteiro
Lourenço do Rosário
Luis Bernardo Honwana
Sean Nazerali
Valério Macandza
Mark Rose
Narciso Matos
Paulo Zucula
Bruno Nhancale
Madyo Couto
Samiro Magane
Teresa Alves
Prakash Ratilal
Adriano Macia
Institutional Members

Associação Moçambicana de Operadores de Safaris

Fundação Internacional para a Gestão da Fauna

LIVANINGO

Ministério da Terra, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Rural

WWF Moçambique

LUPA

Centro Terra Viva

Gorongosa Restoration Project

Ministério do Mar, Águas Interiores e Pescas

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Federação Moçambicana de Turismo

Peace Park Foundation

Ministério da Agricultura e Segurança Alimentar

Agência Francesa de Desenvolvimento – AFD

German Development Bank/ Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau

USAID

Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da Comunidade – FDC

Wildlife Conservation Society – WCS

Fundação Joaquim Chissano