Mauricio Tolmasquim is a member of the Board of Directors of AXIA Energia. Prior to this role, he served as the first Chief Energy Transition and Sustainability Officer at Petrobras, where he was responsible for creating and structuring the newly established directorate. He previously served as CEO of Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE), Brazil’s energy research and planning authority, where he led studies and provided technical support to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, contributing to national energy policy and the design of energy auctions.
Earlier in his career, he held the positions of Deputy Minister and Interim Minister at the Ministry of Mines and Energy. In 2004, he led the technical working group responsible for the institutional reform of the Brazilian power sector, which reoriented the market model toward long-term contracting through competitive tenders. He also served on Brazil’s National Energy Policy Council and the Monitoring Committee of the Brazilian Power Sector.
Tolmasquim has served on the boards of several major companies and institutions, including Itaipu Binacional, Furnas, Comercializadora Brasileira de Energia Emergencial, EPE, and Vigor, and was also a member of the Fiscal Council of Klabin.
He was awarded the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Rio Branco, an honor granted by Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in recognition of distinguished service and civic virtue. He was elected to the Brazilian Academy of Engineering for his significant contributions to the field. In 2024, he received the “100 Most Influential in Energy” award in the Sustainability category. He has also been recognized as a Thought Leader by Recharge magazine and was ranked by Wind Power Monthly among the Top 30 most influential people globally in the wind energy sector in 2014.
Tolmasquim holds degrees in engineering and economics, as well as a master’s and a PhD. He completed the Board Member Training Program at the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC). Over the course of his career, he has supervised more than one hundred master’s and doctoral theses and delivered lectures at over 1,000 national and international events. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than twenty-five books and has published over one hundred technical articles, in addition to numerous contributions to academic journals and the press.