Ieda Gomes Yell
Ieda has more than 35 years of international experience in companies and projects in the oil, gas, energy, and infrastructure sectors. She held leadership positions for more than 13 years at BP plc, in London and in Brazil, having served as Vice President of New Ventures, President of BP Brazil, VP Latin America Gas, and VP Market Development BP Solar. Before BP, Ieda was President of Companhia de Gás de São Paulo (Comgas), 1995-1998.
Ieda is a member of the Board of Directors of Bureau Veritas (France), Grupo Saint Gobain (France), Exterran Corporation (USA), and Prumo Logística (Brazil). Ieda is a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and a Senior Adviser at FGV Energia.
She is also a member of the Board of the Brazil-Britain Chamber of Commerce in London, a director in the Energy Division of FIESP's Infrastructure Department, and a columnist for Brasil Energia. She is a member of the Board of WILL – Women in Leadership in Latin America, a member of WEF-Chapter Zero (France), and represents energy users on the Isle of Man's Climate Change Citizens Forum.
Chemical Engineer from UFBA, with master's degrees in Energy from USP and in Environmental Engineering from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. She received the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award – Brazil (2001-2002) and has dozens of published articles and papers on energy and natural gas.