Foresea is a privately held company, and its operating strategy is guided by institutional laws and decrees
that govern the oil and gas industry in Brazil and worldwide, as well as its own guidelines and documents
approved in Assembly by its Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors of Foresea is responsible for directing and guiding the business in economic, social,
and environmental matters, establishing strategic guidelines that will be executed by the Executive Board.
It's also the Board's responsibility to elect the Executive Director and the company CEO.
Executive Board
Rogério Ibrahim
CEO
Graduated in Civil Engineering (IME - Military Institute of Engineering, 1983), with a
university extension in Business Administration (COPPEAD-UFRJ, 1985). From 1985 to 1988, he
worked for Vale, responsible for the Commercial Planning Area.
He moved to the Odebrecht Group in 1988, where he spent his career holding managerial
positions in different units such as Controllership, Treasury, Project, and Corporate
Finance. Appointed as CFO for several companies of the Odebrecht Group, including Odebrecht
Engineering & Construction (E&C), Santo Antônio Energia S.A., and Odebrecht Energia.
Before assuming the presidency of Foresea, he served as CFO of Ocyan S.A. from January 2013
to May 2023.
Heitor Gioppo
COO
Graduated in Petroleum Mechanical Engineering, with a post-graduation in Business Management
from FGV, specializing in Corporate Finance from LSE (London School of Economics), and
certified by the Project Management Institute - PMI.
He has 39 years of experience in the Oil & Gas sector, with 25 years in the Odebrecht group,
where he joined the former OPL (Odebrecht Perfurações Ltda.). Between 2014 and May 2023, he
held the position of Executive Vice President of the Drilling Business Unit at Ocyan.
Additionally, in 2019, he was appointed President of IADC Brazil (International Association
of Drilling Contractors). He assumed the vice presidency of Drilling at Foresea in June
2023.
Patricia Ruiz
CFO
Graduated in Business Administration and Economics (PUC-SP Pontifical Catholic University of
São Paulo, 2006 and 2008), with a university extension in Corporate Finance (IBMEC-RJ-2011).
After working for Vale and Editora Abril, she started her career in the Oil & Gas industry
in 2007 at Grupo Schahin, in Project Finance.
She moved to Odebrecht Oil and Gas in 2009, where she dedicated a significant part of her
career to financial and strategic roles in various areas such as Project Financing,
Corporate Finance, Investor Relations, Market Intelligence, and Strategic Planning.
She assumed the vice presidency of Finance & Investments at Foresea in June 2023, after two
years as M&A and Finance Manager at Novonor, a group in which she led transactions in
various segments such as Petrochemical (Braskem), Oil & Gas (Ocyan), Hydropower Plants
(Santo Antônio Energia), Multi-Purpose Arenas (Arena Fonte Nova, Corinthians), among others.
Mário Nano
VP Controllership & Administration
Graduated in Business Administration, Accounting Sciences, and post-graduated in Accounting,
with over 35 years of professional experience in the areas of consulting, controllership,
and auditing, where he worked as a consultant and independent auditor in several Brazilian
and foreign companies.
He assumed the vice presidency of Controllership & Administration at Foresea in June 2023,
bringing with him more than 8 years of experience at Ocyan S.A., where he held the position
of Controller until April 2023, being responsible for coordinating improvement processes in
the systems and procedures in the administrative and financial areas.
He is a member of the Fiscal Council of the private pension plan of Vexty and also has many
years of experience as a university professor in undergraduate and MBA courses, as well as
an instructor in various specific training programs.
Carolina Ferreira Caetano da Silva Lemos
VP Legal & Governance
Graduated in Law (UNIFACS - Salvador University, 2001), worked at PwC from 2003 to 2008 as a
specialist lawyer in tax, corporate, and auditing and consulting at a Big 4. She started her
career in the Oil & Gas industry in 2008 at Odebrecht Oil and Gas, assuming management
responsibility for the company's corporate and tax structure in Brazil and abroad.
She moved to the legal department of Odebrecht Engineering and Construction in 2013,
providing legal support in major infrastructure projects and public works.
She assumed the vice presidency of Legal & Governance at Foresea in June 2023, after 5 years
in the legal department of Ocyan, where she worked in strategic litigation, tax matters,
structured finance, and business support.
Marco Aurélio
VP Sustainability
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Work Safety with specialization in
Environmental Management and Process Safety, certified in the USA by the Board of Certified
Safety Professionals and OPITO in the UK in petroleum processing technology.
His career began in the 1990s as the Coordinating Engineer of Work Safety at Odebrecht
Perfurações LTDA. Over more than 25 years, building his career and experience in
Sustainability & ESG in the oil and gas industry in Brazil and abroad, in managerial and
executive positions, participating in the development of business strategies in safety,
health, environment, social responsibility, climate change, and energy transition.
He assumed the vice presidency of Sustainability at Foresea in June 2023, after more than 13
years as vice president of the same area at Ocyan.
Gilberto Couto
VP Compliance
Graduated in Business Administration from CEFET-RJ, with a specialization in Compliance from
FGV. He worked as Planning Supervisor at Data Mídia, FCBi, and as Business Risk Consultant
at ICTS Protiviti.
He worked in Internal Audit and Fraud Investigation departments at Oi S.A. He was
Compliance/Risks Manager at Brasil Brokers for two years and returned to Oi S.A. as
Anti-Corruption Compliance Manager.
He assumed the vice presidency of Compliance at Foresea in June 2023, after working as
Compliance Manager (2017) and Vice President of the same area (2019) at Ocyan.
Rogério Ibrahim
CEO
Heitor Gioppo
COO
Patricia Ruiz
CFO
Mário Nano
VP Controllership & Administration
Carolina Ferreira Caetano da Silva Lemos
VP Legal & Governance
Marco Aurélio
VP Sustainability
Gilberto Couto
VP Compliance
Foresea Policies
Corporate Policy Privacy and Protection of Personal Data
Corporate Policy Communication
Corporate Policy Financial
Corporate Policy Sustainability
Corporate Policy Information Technology and Security
Corporate Policy on People
Corporate Policy Legal Affairs
Economic Sanctions Policy
Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy
Foresea Compliance System Policy
Corporate Policy Corporate Governance