Maria Teresa Ribeiro is MSc in Reservoir Evaluation & Management from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland (1999) and BSc in Economic & Applied Geology from the University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences (1988). She completed a post-graduation in Automatic Interpretation of Well Test Analysis in Aquifers, University of Lisbon (1989). Joined Partex in 1990 and until 1998 she held several technical roles for Partex Oil and Gas on reservoir characterization, static modelling and oil fields development planning in the Middle East, West Africa and Kazakhstan. From 2000 to 2010 she was assigned to Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO), in charge of the reservoir characterization studies, development planning and production for two major oil fields in the United Arab Emirates. Exploration & Production Manager of Partex Oil and Gas since 2010 responsible for the representation and management of the Exploration & Production interests in its petroleum concessions in different areas of the globe, namely the Middle East and Kazakhstan. She is author and co-author of several publications on reservoir characterization and integrated studies for oil field development projects, as well as speaker at several technical conferences. Teresa is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Portuguese Geologists Association.