Ibsen is an upstream Oil & Gas executive with more than 40 years of experience in deepwater offshore operations. He has solid experience in production development, management of megaprojects, establishment of management systems and strategic management and he has provided leadership in production sharing contracts (PSC) at Pre-salt Polygon in Brazil. For three years, Ibsen was President of Presal Petróleo SA (PPSA). Prior to that he worked for Petrobras for 37 years where his last position was General Manager for Oil & Gas Processes and Facilities, responsible for all Petrobras’ topside and subsea facilities offshore Brazil, with a production of 2.5 million BOE per day.