Quarterly Newsletter - February 2024 | |
Jane Nelson, Secretary of the State of Texas; John Moseley, Port Houston CCO | BRATECC President & CEO; Carla Lacerda, BRATECC Vice President; Roberto Ardenghy, IBP President & CEO; David W. Robinson, Council Member at Large, Position 2; Sylvester Turner, Mayor of the City of Houston; and Floriano Pesaro, ApexBrasil Managing Director (L - R) | |
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Dear Valued Members and Friends,
2023 was successful thanks to your generous support and the dedication and great behind the scenes work of our officers Carla Lacerda, Paula Galhardo, Helder Waiandt, Leonardo Molinari and our office staff, Juliana Wenzel, Mariana Vilela and Daniel Zambrano. We established new governance and financial controls and created a new ethics policy. We organized BRATECC’s first mayoral delegation to Brazil with City of Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Greater Houston Partnership, signed new cooperation agreements the Brazilian Institute of Petroleum, Oil and Gas (IBP), the State of Rio de Janeiro Minister of Energy’s Office, strengthened our ties and aligned with ApexBrasil and organized events and valuable one-on-one meetings in Texas and Brazil between elected officials and industry leaders to advance our mission of fostering ties between Brazil and the State of Texas. We added new members in new sectors, most notably with the establishment of a mining committee chaired by Jose Luis Vidal and new members Norsk Hydro and BEMISA. We relocated our offices to the same building to join the Brazilian Consulate and reaffirmed our commitment to Texan agencies at the municipal, county and state levels. One of our proudest moments was the City of Houston’s proclamation of “BRATECC Day” on September 24th, in recognition of our twenty-two years of building ties and relationships between the two regions we serve. We have a lot more planned in 2024 and look forward to another successful year for the Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce.
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John Moseley
President & CEO
2023-2024
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Fostering Relationships
Between Texas and Brazil
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Marco Sotelino, U.S. Consulate Economic Officer (RJ); Hugo Leal, Congressman for the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; John Moseley, Port Houston CCO | BRATECC President & CEO; Carla Lacerda, BRATECC Vice President; and Helder Waiandt, BRATECC Secretary (L - R) | |
BRATECC continued its efforts to strengthen institutional relationships with governmental entities in Brazil and Texas to develop new opportunities for both regions. We hosted events in Houston and Rio de Janeiro during CERAWeek, OTC Houston and OTC Rio de Janeiro with events planned in 2024 in Houston for CERAWeek and OTC as well as ROG.e (Rio Oil & Gas) in September 2024. Please contact us for additional information. | |
Expanding International Horizons | |
Sylvester Turner, Mayor of the City of Houston; Houston Delegation to Brazil Mission; John Moseley, Port Houston CCO | BRATECC President & CEO; and Paula Galhardo, BRATECC Legal Adviser (L - R) | |
BRATECC organized City of Houston Mayor, Sylvester Turner led trade mission with the Greater Houston Partnership to promote Houston as a top global destination for trade, investment, and tourism. Delegates met with executives from companies like Porto do Açu and Radix Engineering, as well as with government officials in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Areas of interest included energy transition, manufacturing, technology, education and port development. | |
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Christopher Olson, City of Houston Director, Trade and International Affairs, and John Moseley, Port Houston CCO | BRATECC President & CEO (L - R) at the City of Houston’s proclamation of “BRATECC Day” on September 24th, 2023; in recognition of our twenty-two years of building ties and relationships between the two regions we serve. | |
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BRATECC Vice President, Carla Lacerda, received the prestigious
ANP "Industry Personality" award in Rio de Janeiro
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Official meetings with Texas local authorities and BRATECC Officers | |
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony (BRATECC New Office) | |
John Moseley, Port Houston CCO | BRATECC President & CEO; Carla Lacerda, BRATECC Vice President; Amb. Maria Izabel Vieira, Consul General of Brazil in Houston; Leonardo Molinari, BRATECC Treasurer; Helder Waiandt, BRATECC Secretary; Mariana Vilela, BRATECC Events Coordinator; Cid Silveira; BRATECC Institutional Affairs Director; Renato de Alencar Lima, Deputy Consul General of Brazil in Houston; Paula Galhardo, BRATECC Legal Adviser; Juliana Wenzel; BRATECC Officer Manager; and Daniel Zambrano, Marketing & Communications Coordinator (L - R) | |
Special occasions with Brazilian Authorities in Houston, TX | |
For more than 20 years we have hosted several events which have been attended by 2000+ attendees every year. These events have generated a positive impact on the bilateral relationship between Texas and Brazil since are the perfect time for the developing of lasting commercial businesses along the two regions. By clicking on the links below, you will be able to find our sponsor opportunities and events calendar, we encourage you to sponsor this year’s events since are the perfect opportunities to take your company’s visibility to the next level. | |
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