Bernardo F. De Mello Franco BS
Senior Advisor
Bernardo Franco has over 35 years’ industry experience, of which 33 years were spent on Petroleum Industry, locally and abroad, from Planning, Production and construction Engineering up to offshore Project Implementations acting as Vice President of Projects. Held key influential roles to achieve high-level company objectives, i.e. Development of Devon’s Polvo Project in Campos basin offshore Rio de Janeiro, since the inception through its completion. BG Brasil Pre-salt non-operated off-shore Projects in Santos Basin influencing the Operator to develop strategy, implement HSSE policies, programs, procedures, and organizational management to enable Project delivery within BG’s objectives. BG TT as Project VP for the implementation of Starfish offshore Project among others. His native language is Portuguese, and he is fluent in Spanish and English.
EDUCATION
Post Graduate – Petroleum Executive
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro, RJ (COOPE)
Bachelor of Science – Electrical Engineering
Universidade Gama Filho – Rio de Janeiro, RJ
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