Maria das Graças Foster

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Maria das Graças Foster

Maria das Graças Silva Foster ( description ? / I ) (born August 26, 1953 in Caratinga ) is a Brazilian manager and the chairwoman of the largest Latin American gas and energy company Petrobras . Audio file / audio sample

Life

Foster grew up in Rio de Janeiro . She studied chemical engineering and chemistry at the Universidade Federal Fluminense . She then completed a master's degree in fluid mechanics and nuclear technology at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro . She also obtained a Master of Business Administration degree in economics from the private Fundação Getulio Vargas University in Rio de Janeiro.

Foster joined Petrobras as an intern at the age of 24. From 2010 onwards she worked as managing director for the largest Latin American gas and energy company Petrobras. In January 2012 she was nominated by the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff for the chairmanship of Petrobras. Since February 13, 2012, Foster has succeeded Sergio Gabrielli as President of the Brazilian company Petrobras. She is currently the only woman to head one of the top 50 energy companies in the world, the first female chairman of an oil company and also the first woman to head Petrobras.

At the beginning of February 2015 the chairwoman of the board Maria das Graças Foster and the entire board resigned because of the so-called "Petrolão" scandal.

Web links

Commons : Maria das Graças Foster  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sérgio Torres: Maria das Graças Forster, Perfil. [Sl]: O Estado de São Paulo, January 28, 2012. Caderno Economia, B6 p
  2. ^ Carolina Mazzi: Maria das Graças Foster é "rígida e competente" , Jornal do Brasil, January 26, 2012 (Portuguese)
  3. ↑ Pedro Soares: Graça Foster é indicada para substitir Gabrielli na Petrobras , Folha UOL, January 23, 2012 (Portuguese)
  4. ^ Petrobras: Maria das Graças Foster
  5. ↑ Time: Maria das Graças Silva Foster
  6. ↑ Graça Foster será 1ª 'intrusa' em clube até hoje exclusivamente masculino , BBC Brasil, January 24, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Foster, Maria das Graças
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Silva Foster, Maria das Graças
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian manager
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Caratinga , Brazil