Webinar: "The Role of Natural Gas in Reducing Energy Poverty in Colombia"

Camilo Morales is an international business administrator from the Universidad de la Sabana and a Specialist in Energy Mining Law and Sustainable Development. Camilo has 8 years of commercial experience and international knowledge of the energy, oil and gas sector. He served as Energy, Oil and Gas Officer of the British Embassy in Colombia, a position in which he designed and executed the strategy at the political and commercial level of the United Kingdom on energy issues.

Subsequently, he was in charge of the international management of the National Hydrocarbons Agency of Colombia and the strategic promotion of the areas available for exploration and production, he is currently working as an advisor to the office of the mayor of Barranquilla, consolidating strategic projects for the district.

He is currently Secretary General of Naturgas from where he contributes to consolidate Natural Gas as an energy source for the transition, the country's competitiveness and the quality of life of Colombians

Marianna Boza is a transnational attorney authorized to practice in Venezuela and Colombia. She is a Director at Brigard Urrutia and is Head of Mining and O&G. In her capacity, Marianna advises clients around the world on the operations and corporate transactions of upstream, midstream, or downstream energy companies.  She has substantial experience advising companies in the oil & gas and petrochemical sectors. She has been involved in major upstream, midstream, and downstream projects in Latin America, advising in the negotiation and drafting of the relevant contracts. Marianna has advised clients in the negotiation, creation, and financing of joint ventures for the development of hydrocarbons and petrochemical activities and the processing of gas in Venezuela and Colombia.

Marianna was the senior legal counsel at Shell Venezuela, actively participating in the downstream business to produce oil by-products. Additionally, she was an in-house attorney in secondment for the legal department of Repsol and ChevronTexaco in Venezuela, where she provided business-focused advice and gained on-site experience.

Marianna actively participates in several binational chambers of commerce and associations of industry and trade; she is currently the vice president of the Board of Directors of the Colombian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the director of the Extractive Committee of the Colombian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce.  Marianna is also a member of the Latin America Regional Executive Committee Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN).