Adriana Marcela Contreras

She is an accomplished energy market analyst, financial modeler, and risk assessment specialist with over two decades of experience across energy trading, renewable energy, and public policy in Colombia and internationally. Since 2014, she has served as an Independent Assessor of Energy Market and Risk at USAENE, where she develops financial models and tools that have facilitated investment decisions exceeding $200 million USD. Her earlier career includes serving as an Energy Specialist at ISAGEN SA, where she managed the implementation of an Energy Trading Risk Management system developed at Indra, traded energy on the spot market affecting more than 30% of company revenue, and developed mathematical models to predict market indicators including demand, hydrology, and energy offers, reducing revenue prediction inaccuracies by 60%, as a Consultant and Project Development professional at Indra, where she developed energy trading tools including Front-to-Back and Middle Office systems integrated with SAP ERP, and as an Analyst at Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética, where she supported sector policy formulation, developed consumption models for the distribution of $300 million USD among more than fifteen generation companies, and designed social-political structures to extend energy service to over two million additional users. She holds a Master's degree in Engineering and Management of Renewable Energy from the Universitat de Barcelona and a specialization in Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Her career reflects a deep commitment to energy innovation, risk management, and expanding access to sustainable energy solutions.