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Gra�a Foster, as she is also known, is a native of the city of Caratinga, state of Minas Gerais, and a career Petrobras professional. A graduate in Chemical Engineering from the Federal Fluminense University (UFF), she holds a Master�s Degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ), and an MBA in Economics from the Get�lio Vargas Foundation.
She was elected the Director of PETROBRAS� Gas & Energy Business Area on September 21 2007.
She had been serving as the president of Petrobras Distribuidora S.A. since May 2006. In September 2005, she took-over as the president of Petroquisa, a position she accumulated with that of Director for Investor Relations for that company.
Simultaneously, she was also the Executive Manager for Petrochemicals and Fertilizers, connected to Petrobras� Downstream Board.
From January 2003 to May 2006, Foster was the Mines & Energy Ministry�s Secretary for Oil, Natural Gas, and Renewable Fuels. In that interval, via Presidential Decrees, she also performed as the Interministerial coordinator for the Federal Government�s Biodiesel Program: Biodiesel Production and Use; and as the National Executive Secretary for the Federal Government�s Program for the National Oil Industry�s Mobilization (PROMINP).
Before that, she had already held managerial positions at the Gas & Energy Business Unit and at the Leopoldo Miguez de Mello Research & Development Center (CENPES), at Petrobras, in addition to at the Transportadora Brasileira do Gasoduto Bol�via-Brasil (TBG).
Gra�a Foster is the President of the Board of Directors of Liquig�s Distribuidora S.A., Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Companhia Brasileira de Petr�leo Ipiranga, and Member of the Board of Directors of the Inst. Brasileiro de Petr�leo, G�s e Biocombust�veis. Previously, she served on the Board of Directors of Braskem S.A., Petroqu�mica Uni�o S.A., Rio Pol�meros S.A., Transportadora Brasileira Gasoduto Bol�via-Brasil S.A., and of Petrobras Transporte S.A.
In April 2007, Gra�a Foster was decorated with the Foreign Relations Ministry�s Rio Branco Order�s title of Commendator. | 