• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

H.E. Diego Mesa Puyo

Ministry of Mines and Energy, Colombia

Minister of Mines and Energy

Diego Mesa Puyo is the Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia. The Minister is a Globally-minded energy and extractive industries leader with over 15 years of experience in management and advisory roles in government, multilateral, and the private sector. As Deputy Energy Minister of Colombia between 2018 and 2020, he co-led the design and implementation of the country's energy transformation policy, including increasing the share of variable renewable energy from 1% to 12% of the power generation matrix. Before joining the Colombian government, he spent six years at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), leading technical assistance missions to advise African, Asian, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries on fiscal issues for extractive industries. Before the IMF, he spent four years as a Manager and Senior Economist in the Consulting and Deals Practice of PriceWaterhouseCooper (PwC) in Canada. The Minister holds an M.A. in Economics from McGill University and has been a CFA®️ chart holder since 2012.

Sessions With H.E. Diego Mesa Puyo

Thursday, 14 March