Petrobras' Board of Directors has approved the election of the Human Resources executive manager, Antônio Sérgio Oliveira Santana, as the interim corporate and services director. He has been performing this function on a provisional basis since February 27, 2015, when approval was granted for the medical leave of the former director, José Eduardo de Barros Dutra, who passed away on Sunday, October 4.

A qualified senior petroleum engineer, Santana’s previous position was human resources executive manager, to which he was appointed in January 2013. He has an undergraduate degree in civil engineering, awarded by the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) in 1974. The following year, he did a specialist diploma in petroleum engineering at Petrobras. He recently completed an MBA in advanced business management at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro’s management school, Coppead. He has worked at the company for 38 years, holding various managerial positions, including management systems development executive manager (2006 to 2009) and shared services executive manager (2009 to 2012).