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Staff

Joao Vasco

Manager, Fleet & Workshop, NNR Administration

João Vasco serves as Fleet & Workshop Manager for the Niassa National Reserve Administration. João Vasco has technical trainings in Accounting, Administrative Management, Teaching Pedagogy and Auto Mechanics. From 1981 to 1996 he worked as Official of the Ministry of Education at the Zambezia Provincial. From 1997 to 2015, he was the Fleet and Workshop Manager at The Halo Trust-Mozambique. He joined WCS in 2018 acting as Fleet and Workshops Manager.

Joao Paulo Martins Alfaica

Manager, Infrastructure Development, NNR Administration

João Paulo Martins Alfaica serves as Infrastructure Development Manager for the Niassa National Reserve Administration.

Irene Elias Monjane

Accountant, Maputo Office

Irene Monjane is a certified accountant with the Commercial Institute of Maputo. She began working in 1997 as an accounting bookkeeper and has developed her career at various institutions. Her last job was as an accountant with JHPIEGO Mozambique from September 2009 until March 2015. She joined WCS Mozambique in late 2015. Her work helps WCS record and verify accounting transactions, and she supports the monthly accounts closure.

Erica Bernardo

Office Manager, Maputo Office

Erica Bernardo has a BSc degree in Computer Science and Telecommunications Engineering from Instituto Superior de Transportes e Comunicações (ISUTC) in Mozambique. Prior to joining WSC, Erica worked as a consultant at a Mozambican based consultancy named OzMozis, Lda. under the leadership of Dr. Michael Baxter. At OzMozis she was involved in the conception, planning, elaboration and implementation of a few projects, ranging from agricultural based projects to projects in the extractive industry. Erica has recently joined WCS Mozambique working as an Office Manager and is mainly responsible for the management of administration in the Maputo office (MPO) and Human Resources.

Martins Mahumane

Office Assistant, Maputo Office

Martins serves as Office Assistant in the WCS Mozambique Country Program Office in Maputo. Martins Mahumane recently joined WCS as an administrative assistant and driver. Before joining WCS in 2018, Martins worked as administrative assistant and responsible for the sector of logistics and fleet management of Australian company Aurizon International in Maputo Pty (2012-2015) During 2008-2012, Martins worked as a freelancer for several car rental companies in the city of Maputo as a Driver and Tour Guide. He was a driver for the SADC Ministerial Committees, Politics and Diplomacy. 2004- 2008- Martins was part of the social television team, having spent little time until joining Game Maputo as a sales promoter.

Jose Filimao Sitoe

Law Enforcement Officer

Jose Filimao Sitoe serves as Law Enforcement Officer at WCS.

Alberto Muchanga

Intelligence Database Analyst

Alberto Muchanga serves as Intelligence Database Analyst at WCS.

Angelina Mario

Human Resource Assistant

Angelina Mario serves as Human Resource Assistant at WCS.

Ângelo Martins Muganiua Francisco

Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator - Niassa National Reserve

Martins Muganiua Francisco serves as Monitor and Evaluation Coordinator at Niassa National Reserve. Angelo holds Master degree in Environmental Quality from FEEVALE University (Brazil) and a degree in Biological Sciences focused in Ecology from Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique). He also has several training programs in environment management, health & safety, risk assessment, biodiversity, biosphere reserve, waste management, adaptation and resilience to climate change, Oil & Gas and decision making tools. Angelo is currently working for the Wildlife Conservation Society Mozambique as Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator at Niassa National Reserve. Before joining WCS, he worked at Portucel Mozambique as Sustainability Technician, where he dealt with environmental issues and some social and community aspects and also made several reports. He has 10 years of professional experience, having worked in both private and government sector and on the profit and non-profit organizations in the areas of environmental quality, environment awareness, public consultations, recovery of degraded areas, territorial planning, mining, marine turtle monitoring, environmental permitting/licensing, protected areas, waste management, environment monitoring (groundwater and surface water, dust, noise, biodiversity, ichthyology and data analysis). Angelo has a lot of experience working in rural areas of Mozambique and is highly committed to the protection of nature, environmental balance and sustainability.

Antonio Mugeque Chico Sitole

Advocate

Graduated in Law on Eduardo Mondlane University and registered as a lawyer at the Mozambican Bar Association since 2008. From 2013 to 2017 he served as Lawyer and Legal Adviser at AS LEGAL CONSULTING GROUP. From 2016 to 2019 he was Legal Advisor to the City Council of Pemba in the areas of Administrative, Civil, Environmental, Land and Criminal Law. Antonio Mugeque Chico Sitole serves as Law Enforcement Lawyer at WCS since 2019.