Impacto

IMPACTO’s Directors

From Left to the Right: Felicidade Munguambe Salgado, Yarina Martins and Luciana Santos

Luciana Santos
General Director, Senior Consultant, Specialist in Environmental Management and Audits


Luciana Santos is the General Director at IMPACTO. At the same time, with a master’s degree in environmental management and audits, she has 20 years of experience, continuing to participate in environmental and social impact studies, as well as environmental compliance audits. Over these years of experience, he has worked with several public and private sector clients in Mozambique and managed several projects in accordance with Mozambican standards and international standards (World Bank, IFC, European Union, Equator, AFDB among others).

Felicidade Munguambe Salgado
Deputy General Director, Senior Consultant, Stakeholder Engagement Specialist


Felicidade Munguambe  Salgado is the Deputy General Manager and specialist in Stakeholder Engagement. She coordinated and carried out more than 50 Public Consultation processes within the scope of the Environmental Impact Assessment of Category A projects, in the areas of energy, oil and gas, mines, dams and power transmission lines, among others. For over 10 years she has been carrying out the company’s corporate activities, including managing institutional relationships. Before joining IMPACTO she served as National Director of Environmental Impact Assessment at the then Ministry for Coordination of Environmental Affairs. Within the framework of the then MICOA, she participated in the drafting of the environmental legislation currently in force in Mozambique.

Yarina
Technical Director, Senior Consultant, Social and Ressetlement Specialist


Luciana Santos is Technical Director at IMPACTO, coordinating IMPACTO’s team of consultants and all projects, and ensuring that the quality of work produced exceeds our clients’ expectations. She has a Degree in Sociology by the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) and more than 10 years of experience in Social and Resettlement, complemented by professional trainings in project management, resettlement and social sustainability and Occupational risk and health impacts assessment. In the Social Area, her portfolio includes a variety of areas of study and covers all aspects related to gender-based violence (GBV). She a strong domain of all components of community liaison and engagement and coordination with different stakeholders. As a Resettlement Expert, has experience on planning, coordination, and implementation of resettlement processes, with integral understanding of national legislation and international standards such as the IFC, World Bank, ADB, among others. Added to her experience are more recent Audit work, focusing on the social and GBV components.