With more than 27 years of experience in the Mexican energy sector, Hector Olea has actively participated in the promotion and development of renewable energy in the country. Since 2004, Hector Olea is President and CEO of Gauss, a business development firm specialized in the energy sector. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Olea acted as Chairman of the Mexican Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), and as Chairman of the Mexican Section of the Mexico-US Business Energy Council from 2016 to 2018. He was President of the Asociación Mexicana de Energía Solar (Asolmex) from 2014 through 2021. He is an economist from ITAM (Mexico) and earned his Master and PhD in Economics at Rice University (US). In 1989, he was distinguished with the Banamex Economics Award.