BELIZE CITY, BELIZE (Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Mar.2025) — Petrobras appointed Aloisio Macário Ferreira de Souza as a board member, replacing Marcelo Gasparino da Silva, who submitted his resignation to the board.
Pursuant to Brazilian Corporate Law and specially Article 150 of Law No. 6,404/1976 and Article 25 of Petrobras’ Bylaws, the director will serve until Petrobras’ next general meeting to held on 16 Apr. 2025. At said meeting, a new election will be held for the 8 members of the board elected by the multiple voting process at the 2024 annual general meeting, Petrobras announced on 28 Mar. 2025 in an official statement.
Ferreira de Souza is listed as a nominee by the minority shareholders for the multiple vote election process, if occurs, at the aforementioned general meeting on 16 Apr. 2025.
Ferreira de Souza’s CV
Ferreira de Souza holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He has an MBA in commercial and investment bank management from CITIBANK Corporate University in the US, an MBA in advanced business valuation modeling – LLM in international business, and an MBA in complementary pension plans – Coppead/UFRJ.
Also, he holds certifications from IBGC – Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance for acting in fiscal and administrative boards. He has served as vice president of human resources and information technology at USIMINAS, coordinator in the asset analysis and valuation division of BB-DTVM; advisor in the international area of Banco do Brasil; board Member of USIMINAS and CPFL Energia; supervisory board member of Banco do Brasil, ETERNIT, Eletrobras and CELESC; member of the statutory audit committee of CELESC and VIVEST; and alternate member of the fiscal council of Petrobras.
Ferreira de Souza is currently a member of the board of directors of CEMIG and GASMIG, and a member of the fiscal council of Norte Energia S.A..
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By Aaron Simonsky reporting from Belize City. © 2025 Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved.
