Advisory Committee

Carlos co-founded the Argentine Renewables Energy Chamber (CADER) in 2005 and served as its first president until stepping down in 2011, a period in which the country grew from a minor biofuels player into the world’s second largest biodiesel producer. He was also a board member of the Latin American & Caribbean Council on Renewables and Energy Transition (2011-2021) and was its first President. He also co-founded (with Bill Richardson, past Secretary of Energy of the U.S.) the Middle East-Americas Energy Council (MEAMEC). He is author of over a dozen studies on the state of the renewable energy industry in Latin America and has spoken in three dozen countries across five continents on this topic; has been an advisor to the European Union Commission on matters pertaining to renewable energy in Latin America, to various governments in the region, to investors and investment funds. Carlos obtained his undergraduate degree in International Economics from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, and his Master of Arts in International Relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

With proven leadership skills, he has been a general manager of several clean energy companies, as well as a fund manager for two private equity/venture capital funds; he has been or is a board director for over a dozen companies and organizations; and, is a pioneer in the field of carbon credits, since participating in the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, as well as pioneering clean-technology investments in Latin America.

He has a successful track record of creating shareholder value in the field of sustainability (such as Econergy’s IPO on the London AIM market in 2006 and NEOgas’s majority sale in 2008). He has raised funds and raised capital for the companies he founded, and advised clients in the formation of several private equity funds or other specialized environmental funds, especially clean energy and carbon funds, for approximately US$770 million in total capital mobilization overall. He has earned an MBA from Yale University, and a BS in Environmental Engineering from Cornell University.

She holds a BS in Industrial Engineer from the University of Concepción and a MSc. in Carbon Management from the University of Edinburgh.

Prior to founding CELA, she served as Brazil Country Manager and Head of Latin America Research and Analysis for Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

Camila has a BSc. and MSc. in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

He focuses his work on Latin America’s foreign and security policy; energy cooperation; green project development, and corporate social responsibility. Currently he is working on a number of projects and initiatives that incorporate green strategies to meet social, security and environmental challenges. He has worked with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) both with the Scholl Chair in International Business and the Americas Program, at SAIC as a national security analyst, and at Rudder-Finn Global Public Affairs providing expertise to public sector clients in the Balkans during the 1996 negotiation of the Dayton Accords.

Pablo received his bachelor’s degree in Socio-cultural Psychology and International Relations from Clark University, and his master’s in International Economic Policy from the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC.