Edmar de Almeida

Edmar Almeida has been a non-executive member of Galp's Board of Directors since 12 April 2019.

He is Professor of the Instituto de Economia of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and investigator at PUC-Rio's Energy Institute. He has held other roles as Vice-President for Academic Affairs of the International Association for Energy Economics - IAEE between 2008 and 2012, President of the Brazilian Association for Energy Studies - AB3E between 2012 and 2014 and Secretary of the Latin American Association for Energy Economics - ALADEE between 2013 and 2017. Professor Edmar was also a member of the Energy Council of the Commercial Association of Rio de Janeiro - ACRJ, between 2016 and 2017 and Director of Research of the Institute of Economics between 2011 and 2015.

Edmar Almeida holds a Bachelor's in Economics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), a Sciences Matrer's Degree in Industrial Economics at the Institute of Economics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and a PhD in Applied Economics by the Institute for Energy Policy and Economics (IEPE) of Grenoble II, France.