Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL announced that the Government of the State of Paraná indicated the engineer Antonio Sergio de Souza Guetter to assume the position of the company's Chief Executive Officer, that will replace Luiz Fernando Leone Vianna, appointed to General Director of Itaipu. During his career at the Company, Mr. Guetter has held the positions of Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer, Chief Executive Officer of Copel Renováveis and Assistant Officer of Copel Participações, in addition to having held the positions of Chief Executive Officer and Administration and Security Officer at Fundação Copel de Previdência e Assistência Social. He recently held the position of Copel Distribuição’s Chief Executive Officer. The appointment of Antonio Sergio de Souza Guetter will be deliberated at the ordinary meeting of the Board of Directors of the company scheduled for March 22, 2017.