Carlos Gomes da Silva

Chief executive officer (CEO)
Chemical engineering
Galp
Portugal

Business Expert Chemical Engineering
Biography

Carlos Gomes da Silva is a member of Galp’s Board of Directors since 2007 and vice-president and president of the Executive Committee. He received his degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science by the School of Engineering of the Porto University and an MBA by ESADE/IEP (Barcelona). He has also been as Head of M&A and Strategy and subsequently as Executive Director for the supply chain, retail and human resources and at Unicer, a Carlsberg group company. He returned to the oil & gas industry in 2007 to serve as Board Member in Galp Energia, having served in several executive roles since 2008 as Executive Director namely for marketing oil, gas & power, trading oil & gas and corporate divisions (procurement, marketing, human resources, legal, corporate governance and compliance).

Research Intrest

refining operations, supply & trading, planning & control and strategy.