Carlos Silva

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Biography

Mr. Carlos Silva was a Co-Founding Partner & served as Chairman at Maingreen Capital Partners. He served as Chief Executive Officer & Chairman at Galp Energia. He is a professional with 27 years of experience in different industries, in particular oil & gas, energy, and beverages. He holds a Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from FEUP at Oporto University and an MBA from ESADE / IEP (Barcelona). With more than 20 years in the oil & gas industry, he joined Galp Energia / Petrogal early in the '90s, where he played several managerial roles leading refining operations, supply and trading, planning & control, and strategy. From 2001 to 6 years he served in the beverages industry (at Unicer, a Carlsberg Group company) as Head of M&A and Strategy and subsequently as Chief Operating Officer (for the supply chain, retail, and human resources). He returned to the Oil & Gas industry in 2007 to serve as a Board Member of Galp Energia, undertaking several executive roles since 2008 as Chief Operating Officer, namely for Marketing Oil, Gas & Power, Trading Oil & Gas, and corporate divisions (Procurement, Marketing, Human Resources, Legal, Corporate Governance and Compliance).