By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Dec. 5 -- Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has made several changes to its international area executive staff, all effective Jan. 1.
Alberto Guimaraes, general executive director of Petrobras Energia SA since 2002, has been appointed president of Petrobras America Inc. Prior to his assignment to Argentina, he held various positions, including executive manager for new business and superintendent of the former commercial department.
Petrobras Energia Refining & Petrochemicals Director Carlos Fontes succeeds Guimaraes as general executive director of Petrobras Energia. Fontes, a chemical engineer, has been in Argentina since 2004. Before that, he held various positions, including products and refining processes manager, petrochemical projects manager, petrochemical executive manager, and president of Petroquisa.
Renato Tadeu Bertani, currently the managing director of Petrobras America, has been named executive manager for the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia at the international area at the company's headquarters.
Bertani joined Petrobras in 1976 and has served in several technical and managerial positions, including exploration manager and general manager of the Potiguar basin in Rio Grande do Norte, new business manager, and exploration and production director of the subsidiary Petrobras Internacional SA (Braspetro). He also has served as general manager for Petrobras UK Ltd. and from 2001 as president of Petrobras America.
Joao Carlos Araujo Figueira, executive manager for the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia at the international area since August 2004, will become E&P director of Petrobras America.
Figueira, a geophysicist, has held several technical and managerial positions in the company's international activities, including in the UK and Angola. He has served as E&P director of Braspetro, which was incorporated to Petrobras, and also as executive manager of the company's international area since its creation in 2000.
