State-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA's board of directors on April 26 elected Rafael Mendes Gomes as director of governance and compliance, according to an April 27 news release.
João Adalberto Elek Junior will remain as director of governance and compliance until Gomes takes office.
The company's board also approved the re-election of other executive officers: Eberaldo de Almeida Neto as chief human resources, HSE and services executive officer; Hugo Repsold Júnior as chief technology and production development executive officer; Nelson Luiz Costa Silva as chief strategy, organization and management system executive officer; Solange da Silva Guedes as chief exploration and production executive officer; Ivan de Souza Monteiro as chief financial and investor relations executive officer; and Jorge Celestino Ramos as chief refining and natural gas executive officer.
