Mr Tadeu Fraga

Appointed 26 August 2022

Mr Fraga has 40 years of experience in the oil and gas sector, including 23 years as an executive at Petrobras. Mr Fraga held various positions at Petrobras over his career, including as Campos Basin Production General Manager, Gulf of Mexico E&P Operations Manager, Board Member Petrobras Argentina SA, General Manager – Domestic Oil and Gas Production, Executive Manager – E&P Brazil – South and Southeast Regions, Executive Manager – Research and Development and E&P Executive Manager – Pre-Salt Developments.  During his career at Petrobras, Mr Fraga led the team involved in the development of various technologies applied on pre-salt fields and played a vital role in the development of pre-salt discoveries, being responsible for the implementation of several projects, from conceptual design to first oil.

Mr Fraga is a former CEO of Prumo Logistic and of the Porto do Açu,  a former Chief Technology Officer at Gran Energia, as well as a former Board member of Gran Bio, GranIHC, Ultrapar, MRO Logistics, Ferroport, Gás Natural do Açu and Porto do Açu (being the Chairman in the last three). Mr Fraga has also served as a board member of several technology institutions in Brazil, where he made substantial contributions to technological development at universities and research institutes.

Mr Fraga currently serves as a board member at Vast Infraestrutura (formerly Açu Petróleo) and at the Brazilian Institute for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (IBP).

During his career, Mr Fraga has received recognition from various institutions, including “Brazilian Oil Industry Personality of the Year” (2008) from the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), “Commander Degree” (2010) from the Brazilian National Order of Scientific Merit, “Industry Achievement Award” (2012) from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), “Personality of the Year for Innovation” (2017) from the Brazilian National Agency of Oil, Gas and Biofuels and “Distinguished Individual Award” (2019) from the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC).

Mr Fraga holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and is a post-graduate in Petroleum Engineering from Universidade Petrobras. He has also attended executive education programs at University of Alberta (Management and Regulation in the Petroleum Industry), Columbia University (Executive Education in Business Administration), INSEAD (Technology Management), London School of Economics (Strategic Leadership), and Brazilian Institute for Corporate Governance – IBGC (Board Member).