Guido Maiulini

Guido Maiulini is a diplomat and energy affairs specialist. He currently serves as Head of Strategic Advisory at the Latin American & Caribbean Energy Organization (OLACDE), where he leads the political and institutional strategy with a focus on energy transitions in Latin America and the Caribbean, promoting regional energy integration and sustainability. He holds a […]

Camilo Velandia Perico

Independent Consultant, UMAS Associate Consultant & Non-Resident Fellow, Institute of the Americas Camilo Velandia Perico is an Independent Consultant and Associate Consultant with UMAS International, where he continues to contribute to research and advisory work on maritime decarbonization. He previously served as a Senior Consultant at UMAS, leading projects on techno-economic modeling of alternative marine […]

Rene Roger Tissot

Rene Roger Tissot is an economist, MBA and a CPA with deep experience in international energy policy and geopolitics. Roger started his career at the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI), where he led the Institute’s international research, particularly in Latin America. He also worked as international government relations for a large Canadian oil company with […]

Chris Sladen

Chris is an advocate for better energy solutions than the ones we have used so far! Chris is well known across the energy sector, particularly for laying a framework for co-investment between public and private sector energy companies, whilst explaining the different elements of project, contract and country risk. He has a track record of […]

Francisco Xavier Salazar Diez de Sollano

Francisco Xavier Salazar Diez de Sollano is a partner at Gadex, Enix and Trust Mexico. Gadex is a consulting firm specialized in the natural gas market in Mexico, Enix is devoted to energy regulation while Trust Mexico analyses socio political risks for infrastructure projects in the country. Francisco is also the Coordinator of the International Confederation […]

Nelson Narciso Filho

Nelson Narciso is a professional with more than 40 years of experience in the energy sector, where he has accumulated deep knowledge in the oil and gas industry, especially in the areas of engineering, manufacturing and installation of subsea drilling and production equipment and services in the Exploration and Production segment. Throughout his career as […]

Carla Lacerda

Carla Lacerda retired in early January 2021, after 35 years with ExxonMobil. She was President of the Brazil affiliate with a focus on managing a robust upstream portfolio, having been associated with oversight of Brazil business for approximately 20 years. Throughout her career, she made significant contributions across many roles at ExxonMobil, including technical roles […]

Marta Jara Otero

Former President of the Shell companies in Mexico, former President of ANCAP (Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland), Uruguay. She is currently Head of Ventus Hidrógeno, a multi-latin company pioneering the development of green hydrogen for heavy transport, sponsor of first-of-a-kind project Kahirós, and acts as board member, subject matter expert and business consultant. […]

Carlos Garibaldi

Carlos Garibaldi is currently the Executive Secretary of ARPEL, based in Montevideo.  ARPEL is the Association of Oil, gas and Renewable Energy Companies of Latin America and the Caribbean. With over 40 years of industry experience, Carlos has developed expertise in corporate strategy, E&P portfolio planning and valuation, business development (exploration new ventures and M&A), […]

Carlos Eduardo Correa

In October 2020, Mr. Correa was appointed as the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development in Colombia. From this office he has positioned the country as an international benchmark in the fight against climate change, positive biodiversity, as well as the protection of the oceans. As a result, he was appointed as Champion for Nature […]