Que Pasa Weekly Chats - A Conversation with Leonardo Beltran

Leonardo Beltran a member of the Board of Sustainable Energy for All and Fundación por México and part of the expert´s network of the World Economic Forum has over 20 years of experience. In academia Mr. Beltran is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute of the Americas, Executive Fellow and member of the Advisory Committee of the Extractive Resources Governance Program of the School of Public Policy of the University of Calgary, and member of the editorial committee of Enerlac from the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE). In his private practice, he is currently a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank, OLADE, and the World Bank.

In the public sector, he served in the Department of Energy (SENER) of the government of Mexico as Deputy Secretary for Planning and Energy Transition (2012-2018), Director-General for Information and Energy Studies (2010-2012) and Director for International Negotiations (2005-2010). In the private sector, he was a consultant to BBVA Bancomer (2000-2003). Mr. Beltran has been a consultant also to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

He holds a Masters in Public Administration in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School, a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), and studied Law at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).