Rafael Chaves Santos
Petrobras
Chief Strategy Officer
Rafael Chaves Santos has been Petrobras' Chief Strategy Officer since 2019, and is Chairman of the Transpetro Board of Directors. He has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), master of finance from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and holds a PhD in economics from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). Has extensive executive experience in the public and private sector. Previously, he chaired the board of TBG (GASBOL), and has structured and occupied the strategic planning and budget management functions on Parnaiba Gas Natural (now Eneva). At Vale International, he worked as a financial advisor based in Switzerland. At the Central Bank of Brazil he contributed for 10 years as an economist. He has been a professor of macroeconomics and corporate finance at FGV, and also has experience as a speaker, both in short-term international events, as well as undergraduate, master's and MBA courses.