A true visionary. Marcio is the founder of Petrobras’s first Center of Excellence (CEGEQ), the Brazilian Association of Petroleum Geologists (ABGP), HRT Petroleum and HRT Participacoes, known today as PetroRio S.A. One of the leading oil geochemists in the world, having received awards from AAPG and ABGP on several occasions, Marcio founded BPS with the vision of putting together a team of Brazil’s leading E&P professionals in order to actively reshape the country’s upstream sector as it opens up to the world.