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    • 10:00–11:00 am ET

    Location
    Cisco Webex
    Online

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    An oil extraction platform in Brazil. (AdobeStock)

    Global Energy Crisis: The Outlook for Latin America

    AS/COA will host a conversation on the current energy situation in Latin America.

    10:00–11:00 am ET

    Location
    Cisco Webex
    Online

    Share

    An oil extraction platform in Brazil. (AdobeStock)

    Overview

    The ongoing energy crisis is a result of different contributors, including lower natural gas production, a reduction in power generation from renewable sources, exceedingly low gas storage, and stagnant investment in liquified natural gas (LNG) production, among other factors.

    We are pleased to host a public and on-the-record virtual conversation with experts on the global energy crisis and its potential impact on the Americas. This program will bring together senior policy makers and private business leaders from the region for a forward-looking and insightful discussion on the future of energy markets amid a spike in prices, supply shortages, and the ongoing energy transition.

    Speakers

    • Jaime Caballero, CFO, Ecopetrol Group
    • Alejandro Daniel Lew, CFO, YPF
    • Lourdes Melgar, Research Affiliate, MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence; Non-resident Fellow, Center of Energy Studies, Baker Institute
    • Dr. Luisa Palacios, Senior Research Scholar at SIPA's Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
    • Nymia Almeida, Senior Vice President, Moody's Investors Service (moderator)

    Registration: Juan Serrano-Badrena, jserrano@as-coa.org
    Event Information: Cristina Guevara, cguevara@as-coa.org
    Press Inquiries: mediarelations@as-coa.org

    Speakers

    Nymia Almeida
    Senior Vice President, Moody’s Corporate Finance Group

    Nymia Almeida is a senior vice president at Moody’s Corporate Finance Group in Mexico City, leading the credit analysis and rating process for debt issuers in the oil and gas industry in Latin America. Prior to this position, she had similar responsibilities for the Latam media...

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    Jaime Caballero
    Chief Financial Officer, Ecopetrol

    Jaime Caballero is the chief financial officer of Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC), the largest company in Colombia and one of the leading integrated energy and infrastructure conglomerates in Latin America. Caballero’s academic background includes a law degree from the Universidad de los...

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    Alejandro Daniel Lew
    Chief Financial Officer, YPF

    Alejandro Daniel Lew has held the position of Chief Financial Officer at YPF since June 2020.

    He has worked in the energy industry for several years, occupying different positions of financial responsibility in leading renewable markets companies. He previously served as CEO at...

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    Lourdes Melgar
    Research Affiliate, MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence; Non-resident Fellow, Center of Energy Studies, Baker Institute

    Lourdes Melgar is a research affiliate at MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence and a non-resident Fellow at the Center of Energy Studies of the Baker Institute. She is also non-Executive director of listed companies and holds positions in the advisory board of the Natural...

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    Luisa Palacios
    Senior Research Scholar, SIPA's Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

    Luisa Palacios is a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy. She came to the center after a multidisciplinary career in the intersection of energy, finance, and policy.

    In March 2021, she completed a two-year period in the Board of Directors of Houston...

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