Leonardo Beltrán is a seasoned energy professional with more than 20 years of experience. Beltrán is the advisory group chair of the Evaluation and Learning Initiative of the Climate Investment Funds, a member of the board of Por México foundation, and a member of the technical advisory group of World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). Beltrán is currently consulting with the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank and is a senior advisor to ICM (a philanthropic organization focused on climate mitigation efforts).
Beltrán forms part of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Energy and Industry Transition Intelligence Advisory Board and their Accelerating Clean Hydrogen Initiative. He is also a member of the WEF Expert Network. Beltrán serves on the Strategy Committee of the Mexican Association for the Promotion of the Electric Vehicle (AMIVE) and is a mentor for the Latin America regional program of the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition.
In the academic space, Beltrán is a non-resident fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy of the University of Columbia, a non-resident fellow at the Institute of the Americas, and an executive fellow and advisory committee member for the Extractive Resources Governance Program at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. He is furthermore a senior fellow on energy and sustainability of the Mexican Council of International Affairs (COMEXI), a member of the editorial committee of Enerlac in the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), serves on the assembly of IPS News, and belongs to the Harvard Club of Mexico.
Beltrán previously served in the government of Mexico as deputy secretary for planning and energy transition (2012-2018), as director-general for information and energy studies (2010-2012), and as director for international negotiations (2005-2010). He also served in the board of SEforALL (2017-2023).
In the private sector, he was a consultant to BBVA Bancomer (2000-2003). Beltrán has also been a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank, the Latin American Energy Organization, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
He holds a master’s in public administration in international development from Harvard Kennedy School, a bachelor of science in economics from Instituto Tecnologico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM) and studied law at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM).