Alex Gasparetto, CEO, Petrobras Biocombustível
Alex Gasparetto is a Production Engineer, with an Executive MBA in Business Management from IBMEC, has more than 15 years of experience in Petrobras shareholdings, having served on various boards of directors, equity management and most recently, as Executive Director of GasBrasiliano Distribuidora S.A.
Decio Oddone, CEO, Brava Energia
Decio Oddone is an electrical engineer. He studied petroleum engineering at Petrobras, the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School and the Advanced Management Program at Insead (Institut européen d'administration des affaires).
He was CEO of Petrobras Bolivia, President and CEO of Petrobras Energia, Vice President of Braskem, Director of Prumo Logística , General Director of the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) and CEO of Enauta Energia. He is currently CEO of Brava Energia.
Giovani Loss, Partner, Mattos Filho
Giovani focuses his practice in energy, oil & gas, and in particular, on mergers and acquisitions, financings, contractual and regulatory issues involving these industries.
He holds a Master of Laws from the University of Sao Paulo, where he is currently doing his PhD in Energy. He also holds an LLM from Stanford Law School.
He is currently based in Rio de Janeiro as the head of the Infrastructure and Energy Practice of Mattos Filho Advogados, the largest Brazilian full-service law firm. He is also part of management committee of the firm.
He previously worked at the Houston office of Fulbright and Jaworski LLP (now Norton Rose Fulbright). He is licensed to practice law in Brazil, England (Solicitor) and New York.
Giovani is a founding partner and vice-president of the Brazilian Institute of Energy Law (IBDE), and former chairman of the Oil & Gas Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA).
He has been participating actively on AIEN for over 15 years, including being a speaker on some of the AIEN events. He was one of the founders of AIEN-YN, a very successful initiative, and is currently a proud member of our Board.