• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Clarissa Lins

Catavento

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Clarissa Lins is a senior executive with consolidated experience in strategy and sustainability, and the founding partner of Catavento. Her main areas of expertise are the future of energy, climate change, decarbonization and the transition to a low carbon economy. Clarissa is a non-executive director at the Board of Directors of ArcelorMittal, chair of the Sustainability Committee and member of the Appointment, Remuneration and Corporate Governance Committee. She is also member of the Board of Directors at Votorantim Cimentos, chair of its Sustainability and Innovation Committee, as well as board member and audit committee member of Vibra Energia, the top Brazilian fuel retailer company. She is member of the Board of Trustees of CEBRI, a leading Brazilian think tank. Clarissa is a former CEO of IBP – the Oil and Gas industry association in Brazil, and now holds the position of Chair of the Energy Transition Committee. She served on the Board of Directors of Petrobras and chaired the HSE Committee, while also being a member of the Audit Committee. Clarissa is an economist by training.

Sessions With Clarissa Lins

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 07:30am - 08:40am (CST) / -

    Can Latin America Achieve its Gas Potential?
    Upstream Oil & Gas

    Gas markets in South America’s Southern Cone are at an inflection point. Brazil’s pre-salt and Argentina’s Vaca Muerta have the potential to supply gas volumes that can outstrip demand. The prospect of abundant low-cost natural gas supply creates opportunities to restructure the power mix and resuscitate the region’s industrial landscape. However, unlocking the full potential of pre-salt and Vaca Muerta gas will require improvements in regulations, market conditions, infrastructure, and colossal investments. What barriers need to be removed to realize this potential? What are the roles of the private sector, the NOCs, and governments? Could the risk of too much gas become a curse that undermines the development of the Southern Cone’s gas potential?