Profile

Alberto Elizalde is an energy specialist in the Energy Division at Inter-American Development Bank’s Representation Office in Venezuela since October 2010. Prior to this, he worked seven years for Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), coordinating operations of its electric power plants and developing Combined Heat and Power Projects in refineries and gas processing complexes, and the Mexican Petroleum Institute as a researcher (two years). He received his Ph.D. in Energy Economics from University of Paris Dauphine and IFP School in 2002 and his MD and BA in Electrical Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) where he spent several years as professor and researcher.