João Braz

Port of Açu
Industrial Development and Logistics Director

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Mr. Braz has been working at Port of Açu since 2019 and has 20+ years of experience in logistics, operations, and negotiation of highly complex contracts, overseeing projects in the oil and gas, infrastructure, and navigation industries. His main mission is to attract companies to set up operations in Port of Açu. He is also responsible for developing connectivity solutions (railway, road, cabotage) that boost the port’s competitiveness and attractiveness, and he is in charge of activities in the Multicargo Terminal (T-MULT) and the development of other terminals. He has extensive international experience, having previously held two positions in Europe and led teams in Africa and Latin America. He worked for 16 years at the Maersk Group, where he rose to the position of Director General for Latin America of the group’s maritime support unit (Maersk Supply Service). He also worked for Norway’s Westfal-Larsen Shipping. With a degree in Business Administration from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), João Braz has specialization coursework from Maersk International Shipping Education, an MBA from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, and a graduate degree in Oil and Gas from COPPEAD/UFRJ.