Svirski is a graduate in chemical engineering from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul with a postgraduate degree in marketing from ESPM and an MBA in business management from the Fundação Dom Cabral. He joined the company as commercial manager in September 2009, after working for Fitesa, a company in the Petropar Group, for 20 years.
The post of commercial director for Companhia Providência was previously held by Alexandre Nogueira Domeque, who resigned from his position for personal reasons.