Aldemir Bendine has been named as CEO of Petrobras after a vote Feb. 6 by the company’s board of directors, according to a news release.

He will take over from Maria das Graças Silva Foster, who also will be leaving the board. The result of this election will stand until the next shareholders’ general meeting, the company said in the release.

Bendine was the CEO of the Brazilian bank, Banco do Brasil. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from PUC-Rio and an MBA in finance and in senior executive studies, Petrobras said.

The board also elected by majority vote Ivan de Souza Monteiro, as chief financial and investor relations officer, replacing Almir Guilherme Barbassa. Monteiro had been senior vice president of financial management and investor relations of Banco do Brasil since June 2009, where he had already served as commercial officer, senior vice president of finance, capital markets and investor relations and as chairman of the Supervisory Board of BB AG. He has a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering and telecommunications from the Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicacaoes (INATEL-MG) and an MBA in finance and management.

As stated in the news release, the following executives also were elected by majority vote to take over as interim executive directors:

  • The current corporate E&P manager, Solange da Silva Guedes, will take over as E&P director, replacing José Miranda Formigli Filho. Guedes has a Ph.D. in petroleum engineering and 30 years of experience at Petrobras, where she has held various management positions, all related to E&P;
  • Jorge Celestino Ramos, the current executive manager of downstream logistics, will take over from José Carlos Cosenza the position of downstream director. Celestino has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) and in oil process engineering from CENPRO, as well as a specialization in ethanol production technology from COPPE/UFRJ and an MBA in business administration and marketing. He has been a Petrobras employee for 32 years and has held several management positions in Downstream and at Petrobras Distribuidora;
  • Hugo Repsold Júnior, the current corporate gas and power manager, will take over as gas and power director, replacing José Alcides Santoro Martins. Repsold has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and in economics from Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), as well as a master’s degree in energy planning under the Energy Planning Program of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Coppe/PPE/UFRJ). He has been with the company for 30 years and has held several management positions in E&P, strategy and corporate performance and gas and energy; and
  • Roberto Moro, currently manager of subsea development engineering, will take over as engineering, technology and procurement director, replacing José Antônio de Figueiredo. Moro has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from University Gama Filho, specializing in project management. He has been working at Petrobras for 33 years and has held several management positions in engineering.