ANP Appoints Amanda Gondim as Substitute Director Following Moura's Departure

Brazil's National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) has appointed Amanda Duarte Gondim, the agency's Superintendent of Technology and the Environment, to serve as substitute director. Gondim will fill the vacancy left by Fernando Moura on Directorate 3, whose term ends on Monday, November 9, and she will take up her duties starting Tuesday, November 10.

The appointment was formalized through an ordinance (portaria) published in the Diário Oficial da União on Thursday, November 5. Under the legislation governing federal regulatory agencies, vacancies on the boards of directors may be filled on an interim basis by agency staff for up to 180 consecutive days on the same board, or until a new director with a fixed term takes office. The names eligible for such substitutions are drawn from a shortlist of three established by decree of the Office of the President of the Republic.

Gondim is the second name on ANP's shortlist of substitute directors. The first was Júlio Nishida, appointed on October 8 to fill the vacancy left by the end of Daniel Maia's term. Third on the list is Cristiane Monteiro, who could be appointed in March 2027, when Symone Araújo's term ends.

Amanda Gondim holds a master's degree in Inorganic Chemistry from the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) and a Ph.D. in Chemistry, Petroleum and Renewable Energy, as well as postdoctoral training in the Development of Thermal and Oxidative Stability of Biodiesel, both obtained from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). She has worked at ANP for one year and previously served as a professor at UFRN for 11 years, taught at Unifacex for three years, and worked as a researcher at CTGAS-ER for nearly two years, all institutions based in Natal (RN).

ANP highlighted that Gondim has a solid track record in research, innovation and public policy-making focused on the energy transition, with an emphasis on the development of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF). The agency noted that she strategically connects government, academia and the productive sector, driving forward solutions for decarbonization and technological development in Brazil.