About Us Our Activities Society and Environment Technology & Innovation Access to information Investors EN About UsOrganization ChartOur Executive Board About Us Profile Compliance, ethics and transparency Stakeholders Strategic Plan Our History Awards and Certifications Careers Working at Petrobras Jovem Aprendiz Internships Labor Practices Organization Chart Our Executive Board Shareholding The Petrobras Brand Petrobras Social Media Advertising Campaigns Our Executive Board Meet the members of our Executive Board. Check out their professional backgrounds. Joaquim Silva e Luna Mr. Joaquim Silva e Luna is Petrobras’ CEO. He was the Brazilian Chief Executive Officer of Itaipu Binacional. He is a Reserve Army General and was Ministry of Defense until January 2019, reaching the highest level in his career. He holds post-graduate degrees in Projects and Systems Analysis at the University of Brasilia, post-graduate degrees in Army Policy, Strategy and Senior Management, a Master's degree in Military Operations, and a PhD in Military Sciences. Some of his positions include Commander of several Construction Engineering Companies in the Amazon, instructor at the Officer Training School and at the Army Command and General Staff School, Head of the Intelligence Sector in the Land Operations Command and the Press Section of the Army's Social Communication Center, Commander of the 6th Construction Engineering Battalion, Commander of the 16th Jungle Infantry Brigade, Director of Assets, Chief of Staff of the Army Commander, Chief of Staff of the Army, Staff Secretary, Education, Health and Sports of the Ministry of Defense, General Secretary of the Ministry of Defense, Minister of Defense and Chief Executive Officer of Itaipu Binacional. He was the first military officer to hold the positions of General Secretary of the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Defense. While abroad, he was a member of the Brazilian Military Instruction Mission and Engineering Advisor in the Republic of Paraguay as an instructor at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral schools, and Defense Attaché for the Navy, Army, and Air Force in the State of Israel. He served as a Board Member of Amazônia Azul Tecnologia de Defesa S.A. (AMAZUL) for three years. Cláudio Mastella Cláudio Rogério Linassi Mastella is the Chief Trading & Logistics Officer. Mastella holds a degree in chemical engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), an Executive MBA from IBMEC, and a graduate degree in Management from the Dom Cabral Foundation, in addition to having attended development programs abroad such as: Executive Development Program – Northwestern Kellogg and Managing Supply Chains for Global Competitiveness – Stanford GSB. He has 34 years of professional experience at Petrobras, working in the areas of Commercialization, Refining, and Logistics. At Petrobras group companies, he served as a Board Member at Logum Logística S.A. and at Transpetro. He was Alternate Director of Petrobras Argentina S.A., and Member of the Strategy and Finance Committee of Transpetro. He has been serving as the Deputy Chairman of the Brazilian Downstream Association of the IBP (Brazilian Institute of Oil, Gas, and Biofuels) since 2020. Fernando Borges Fernando Assumpção Borges is the Chief Exploration & Production Officer. He holds a degree in civil engineering from the Federal University of Uberlândia, an Executive MBA from COPPEAD/UFRJ, and attended the Advanced Management Program at INSEAD (France). He has 38 years of professional experience at Petrobras, having held several managerial roles in the Exploration and Production area. Borges also served as an Executive Manager at the company, having initially held the Executive Management of Libra, and became Executive Manager of External Relations. From April 2016 to March 2020, he held the position of Director at the Brazilian Institute of Oil, Gas, and Biofuels (IBP) and, since April 2016, he has served as Director of the Brazilian Association of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Companies (ABEP), nominated by Petrobras. João Henrique Rittershaussen João Henrique Rittershaussen is the Chief Production Development Officer; he holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), and in Petroleum Engineering from Petrobras; additionally, he holds an MBA in Business Management from Coppead (UFRJ) and from the Advanced Management Program of INSEAD (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires), in France. He has worked at Petrobras for 34 years, having held several managerial roles in the E&P and Supplies segment. Rittershaussen has served as an Executive Manager at the company since November 2017. Initially, he held an Executive Management position in Surface Systems, and, in November 2018, he became the Executive Manager of Surface, Refining, and Gas and Energy Systems, an area responsible for building the company’s new assets in the areas of E&P and RGN. Nicolás Simone Nicolás Simone is Chief Digital Transformation & Innovation Officer. Simone is a Software and Systems Engineer from O.R.T University (Uruguay), with extensive international experience and knowledge of information technology, digital transformation, cyber security, AI, omnichannel, innovation, sales, logistics, process reengineering and industry 4.0. He has led transformational global projects and held leadership positions in large companies. Rodrigo Araujo Alves Rodrigo Araujo Alves is the Chief Financial & Investor Relations Officer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and a Bachelor’s in Accounting from Faculdade Moraes Júnior Mackenzie Rio, an MBA in Economic and Financial Management from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, and an Executive Master’s Degree in Finances (with honors) from HEC Paris. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Washington, United States; he holds a COSO Internal Control Certificate from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and is Certified in IFRS (CertIFR) by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He also took courses in management and finances at INSEAD; Chicago Booth; Singularity University; at the Dom Cabral Foundation; the CFA Institute, and at MDT International. Alves has worked at Petrobras since 2007, holding the position of Executive Manager of Accounting and Taxation since 2017. He served as the chairman of the Fiscal Council of TBG, and as a member of the Fiscal Council of other companies in the Petrobras group. Roberto Ardenghy Roberto Furian Ardenghy is Chief Institutional Relations and Sustainability Officer. Ardenghy holds a B.A. in Law from the Federal University of Santa Maria and holds graduate degrees in International Relations and Diplomacy, from the Diplomatic Academy of Rio Branco Institute, and Economics of Oil and Gas, from COPPE at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Along his professional diplomatic career, he has held a number of positions in the Federal Government in Brasília, in the Civil Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic and in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Justice, Development, Industry and Trade, the Federal Administration Secretariat and the Brazilian Embassies in Washington and Buenos Aires. He was also Honorary President of the Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce (BRATECC) and Deputy Consul General at the Brazilian Consulate General in New York from May 2017 to January 2019. Since then, he has held the position of Chief of Staff of the CEO Office at Petrobras, until being appointed to the Board of Executive Officers. Rodrigo Costa Lima e Silva Rodrigo Costa Lima e Silva is the Chief Refining & Natural Gas Officer. Holding an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the Salvador Catholic University, he holds a master's in Business Administration from IBMEC, and an MBA in Corporate Finance from FGV. He has worked at Petrobras for 15 years, having held several managerial roles in the Exploration & Production, Gas & Power, and Strategy areas. He served as the chairman of the Board of Directors of a few of Petrobras’ subsidiaries. He had been serving as the Executive Manager for Gas and Power since 2019. Salvador Dahan Salvador Dahan is the Chief Governance & Compliance Officer. He has a Bachelor of Law from Mackenzie University, with an MBA in Business Security Management from FECAP and a post-graduate degree in Business and Community Leadership from INSPER/SP. He has 22 years of experience in the Compliance, Risk and Governance areas. From 2005 to 2007, he was Risk and Investigation Manager LATAM at Procter & Gamble. In 2007, he was invited to work on structuring the Compliance and Corporate Security areas of the Gerdau Group, where he held the position of General Manager until 2016. In early 2017, he joined Nissan Motors to act as Chief Governance, Risk, Compliance and Audit Officer for Latin American operations, having worked on structuring processes and policies of the areas and, in 2019, he was invited to work in Japan as Nissan's General Manager. 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