Petrobras Gas Chief Set to Succeed Gabrielli as Chief Executive

摘要

Jose Sergio Gabrielli, chief executive of Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petro- bras, will likely step down after a board meeting Feb. 9 confirms the company’s current natural gas chief, Maria das Gracas Silva Foster, as his replacement. Petrobras issued a regulatory filing and press release Monday confirming that Petrobras Chairman Guido Mantega, who is also Brazil’s finance minister, will pro- pose Foster, 58, to take over as chief execu- tive at the board’s next meeting on Feb 9.