Gilsa is a chemical engineer who has nineteen years of experience working with a major offshore oil and gas operator in Brazil. She supervised a team of process safety specialists supporting offshore operations. During this period, she developed a range of process safety training courses for delivery in-house. She was the company representative on CCPS and IOGP committees that developed process safety standards for implementation in their members' global operations. She has a DSc in Safety Analysis within Nuclear Engineering and worked as a visiting researcher with Professor Andrew Hopkins at the Australian National University. She has written several published papers and delivered insightful presentations at conferences. Gilsa speaks fluent Portuguese and English. In her spare time she enjoys travel and exploring new cultures.