On November 30th, 2018 the Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce had their first annual ceremony celebrating the “Person of the Year and Company of the Year Award” at The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa. BRATECC delivered the awards during a Luncheon, which was preceded by breakfast and a Forum titled “Brazil 2019 and Beyond – Opportunities and Risk Management Under the Newly Elected Government”
The forum began with Bratecc’s Keynote Speaker Marcio Felix, Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil, who spoke of the two years of technical and business activities that changed the perspectives in the Brazilian O&G sector. This was followed by our First Panel about the impact of the Brazilian presidential elections, which included panelists Roberto Ardenghy (Moderator), Consul – Economic and Commercial Affairs at Consulate General of Brazil, NY; Francisco Monaldi, PhD, Fellow in Latin American Energy Policy, Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University; Luciano De Castro, PhD, Assoc. Prof., University of Iowa; Vicente Falanga, O&G Analyst, Bradesco BBI; Matthew Taylor, PhD, Professor, American University, Washington, D.C.
The Second Panel was about managing ethics, compliance and governance risks in Brazil in an improvedand more transparent post-lavajato environment, which included panelists Christopher DeSa (Moderator), Managing Director, Global Risk & Investigations Practice; Alex Juden, General Counsel, Schlumberger; Daniel Fridman, Partner, White & Case; Bruno Maeda, Partner, Maeda, Ayres & Sarubbi Advogados; Amadeu Ribeiro, Partner, Mattos Filho Advogados.
Both panels were followed by a very dynamic Q&A session with interaction between the moderator, the panelists and the audience.
After the panels, Marcio Felix delivered to Carla Lacerda, President at ExxonMobil Brazil, the Person of the Year, and to João Figueira, President of Petrobras America, Inc., who represented PETROBRAS S.A. as the Company of the Year.
Carla Lacerda, President at ExxonMobil Brazil. The Person of the Year.
João Figueira, President of Petrobras America, Inc., who represented PETROBRAS S.A. The Company of the Year.
BRATECC Houston is so proud of its members we hope to have more in 2019. Also thanks for all volunteers! Until next year.
Monique Mello Jordan Bia Richards Rita Pitanga Carmem Muniz Doris Santos
At the closing of the event Cid Silveira introduced BRATECC’s New Board Members to the audience.
Por Doris Santos
