Presidência do Conselho de Ministros - Conselho de Ministros (Council of Ministers' Presidency - Council of Ministers)
Resolution
The present legal framing of ICP - Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ICP-ANACOM) was established by Decree-law no. 309/2001 of 7 December, which approved the respective Statutes.
ICP-ANACOM is an independent entity as to the fulfilment of its duties, with important powers and competences, being committed to the mission of regulating, supervising and representing the communications sector, which takes on increasing importance in modern societies.
Having come to an end the mandate of all the members of the board of directors, following the lapse of the term for which they were designated, the appointment of a new board is deemed as necessary.
Under the terms of the respective Statutes, the members of the board of directors of ICP-ANACOM are appointed by resolution of the Council of Ministers among people of recognised capacity, independence and technical and professional competence, which are features that are actually acknowledged in the profiles of the personalities subject to the present appointment.
Therefore:
Under the terms of article 199, paragraph d), of the Constitution and pursuant to article 21 of the Statutes of ICP - Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações, approved by Decree-law n.º 309/2001 of 7 December, the Council of Ministers hereby resolves:
1 - To appoint, upon proposal of the Minister of Economy, the members of the Board of Directors of ICP - Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações, under the following terms:
President - Álvaro Cordeiro Dâmaso.
Members:
José Alfredo de Carvalho Saraiva Mendes.
Maria do Carmo Félix da Costa Seabra.
2 - The present appointment takes effect from the date of its approval.
4 July 2002.
The Prime-Minister, José Manuel Durão Barroso.
Professional Background
Álvaro Cordeiro Dâmaso
President of the Lisbon and Oporto Stock Exchange.
Managing Director-Delegate of the Lisbon and Oporto Stock Exchange.
Chairman of the Securities Market Commission.
Chairman of the Board of Administration of the Banco Comercial dos Açores.
Managing Director of the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
Managing Director of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino.
Regional Secretary of Economy - Azores Regional Government.
Member of the Stock Exchange Committee of the European Community.
Chairman of the Management Commission of the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
Member of the Portuguese Parliament.
Regional Secretary of Finances and Planning - Azores Regional Government.
Regional Secretary of Labour - Azores Regional Government.
Member of the Azores Regional Assembly.
Lawyer.
Professional Background
José Alfredo de Carvalho Saraiva Mendes
Chairman of Portuguese Association for the Development of Communications - APDC.
Executive Director of Galp e-Nova.
Chairman of SETGÁS.
Executive Director of Galp Energia.
Chairman of GDP Distribuição.
Executive Director of TRANSGÁS.
Executive Director of GDP - Gás de Portugal.
Non executive Director of Petrogal.
Executive Director of OPTEP (March 1998 through March 1999).
CEO of Portugal Telecom Internacional ( May 1996 through March 1998).
Non executive member of the Board of State Research Institute to support R&D in Industry - INETI (1993 through 1996).
Managing Director of Alcatel Comunicação de Empresa (1989 through 1995).
Member of the National Board of Telecommunications (from 1981 through 1986).
Executive Director of the CTT/TLP (1978 through 1981).
Executive Director of MARCONI (1976 through 1987).
Professional Background
Maria do Carmo Felix da Costa Seabra
Academic degrees
1997 - Associate Professor in Economy from the Faculty of Economy of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
1987 - Doctorate in Economy
1977 - Degree in Economy from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
Research work in the area of telecommunications
"Universal Service: Does Competition Help or Hurt?" 1999, with Pedro Pitta Barros, Information Economics and Policy, 11, 1999, 45-60.
"Instrument Insufficiency in Access Pricing Regulation of Telecommunications", 1997, with António Nogueira Leite and Vasco Santos, in Philip Enslow, Pete Desrochers and Irene Bonifacio, eds., Global Networking '97, Vol. 1, Oxford (UK): IOS Press (1997).
"Access Pricing Regulation", 1995, with António Nogueira Leite and Diogo Lucena, Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, vol. CIII, no. 1, 51-65.
"Internationalization and Foreign Direct Investment in Telecommunications Services in Portugal", with Diogo Lucena, in Erik Bohlin and Ove Graanstand (editors), The Race to European Eminence, 1994, North-Holland.
"The Design of Regulatory Institutions in Public Utilities in Portugal", 1994, with António Nogueira Leite and Diogo Lucena, WP no. 229, FEUNL.
"The Design of Regulatory Institutions in the European Union", 1994, with António Nogueira Leite and Diogo Lucena, WP no. 230, FEUNL.
"Tarificação nas Telecomunicações" [Pricing in Telecommunications], 1993, with António Nogueira Leite, Economia, vol. XVII, no. 3, 265-319, (a preliminary version of this article was published as WP no. 231, FEUNL).
"Natural Monopoly in Portuguese Telecommunications", 1993, Applied Economics 25, 489-494.
"Telecommunications in the EEC Countries: Present Situation and Evolution", 1993, in European Economy, no. 3, European Commission.
"Comportamento da Empresa Regulamentada: 'survey' da Literatura" [Behaviour of the Regulated Company: survey of published work], 1984, WP no. 13, FEUNL.
"Privatização da Portugal Telecom" [Privatisation of Portugal Telecom], 1996, Nova economia, no. 11, pp. 36-39.
"A Afectação do Espectro Radioeléctrico Português" [Assignment of Portuguese Radio Spectrum], 1991, mimeo.
"Determinação da Existência de Monopólio Natural nas Telecomunicações Exploradas pelos CTT" [Determination of the Existence of Natural Monopoly in Telecommunications Operated by the CTT], (1986), mimeo (thesis).
Conference participation in the area of telecommunications
Implicações para a Regulação das Alterações em Curso no Sector das Telecomunicações [Implications for the Regulation of Ongoing Changes in the Telecommunications Sector], presented at the 6th Congress of the APDC, Lisbon, 1996.
Optimal Access Pricing, presented at the International Meeting of the International Telecommunications Society, Seville, 1996, with António Nogueira Leite and Vasco Santos.
Access Pricing and the B-W rule, presented at the Workshop on Access Pricing, organised in the context of the European network, financed by the EC, on analysis of regulation in the telecommunications, energy and gas sectors, Milan, 1995, with António Nogueira Leite and Diogo Lucena.
Regulation of Telecommunications in the EU, presented at a Workshop on Regulation, organised in the context of the European network, financed by the EC, on analysis of regulation in the telecommunications, energy and gas sectors, Prague, 1995, with António Nogueira Leite and Diogo Lucena.
The Internationalisation of Portuguese Telecommunications Operators, presented at the International Meeting of the International Telecommunications Society, Tel Aviv, 1994, and at the European Regional Meeting, Sweden, 1994, with Diogo Lucena.
Empirical Characterisation of a Natural Monopoly, presented at the International Meeting of the International Telecommunications Society, Budapest, 1992.
Natural Monopoly in Portuguese Telecommunications, presented at the International Meeting of the International Telecommunications Society, in Venice, 1990, and at the Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Bologna, 1989.
Integration in European 'network', financed by the EC, involving various universities and whose aim is to analyse regulation of the telecommunications, energy and gas sectors, since 1993.
Courses lectured in this area
For three years, at the Faculty of Economy, a course in Microeconomy - applications in the field of telecommunications, as part of the Masters in Applied Economy Programme of the Faculty of Economy at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL).
In 2000/2001 a course in Postal Economy (about 20 lecture hours) given in the context of the MBA programme of the UNL Faculty of Economy for the CTT (Portuguese Postal Service).
