Luiz Eduardo Valente

Luiz Eduardo Valente is the Superintendent Director at Fábrica Carioca de Catalisadores (FCC S.A.). A Chemical Engineering graduated at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), he holds a postgraduate degree in Petroleum Processing Engineering from UFRJ and an Executive MBA from COPPEAD (UFRJ).

With over 43 years of experience, he started his career at Petrobras in 1980, where he worked in the areas of refining, natural gas, energy and HSE. Throughout his career, he held leadership positions at several refineries, including Repar and Revap. He also worked as General Manager at the Nitrogenated Fertilizers Plant in Bahia, where he later held the position of Gas and Chemicals Executive. At Braskem, he occupied the position of Project Manager, and later on became the Vice-President for digital transformation organization projects. At Transpetro, he served first as Services Director and afterwards he became the President of the company.