Petrobras approves new CEO, chief officers

Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has elected Joaquim Silva e Luna to the position of chief executive officer Apr. 16. The board of directors also approved the appointments of Rodrigo Araujo Alves as chief financial officer and chief investor relations officer; Fernando Assumpção Borges as chief exploration and production officer; João Henrique Rittershaussen as chief production development officer; and the reappointment of Rodrigo Costa Lima e Silva as chief refining and natural gas officer, among others.  

Joaquim Silva e Luna previously served as the Brazilian general director of Itaipu Binacional from February 2019 to April 2021.

Rodrigo Araujo Alves has worked at Petrobras since 2007. He has served as executive manager of accounting and tax since 2017.

Fernando Assumpção Borges has served at Petrobras for 38 years. Since April 2016, he has served as an executive manager, having initially held the Libra executive management position and, as of September 2019, he became external relations executive manager. From April 2016 to March 2020 he served as chief officer at the Brazilian Institute of Oil, Gas and Biofuels, and has served as chief officer of the Brazilian Association of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Companies (ABEP), by indication of Petrobras, since April 2016.

João Henrique has served at Petrobras for 34 years, holding managerial positions in the E&P and procurement segments. In November 2018 he became surface systems, refining, gas, and energy executive manager.