Leonardo Beltran is a non-resident senior fellow with the Energy Transition and Climate Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, a seasoned energy professional with more than 20 years of experience. Mr. Beltran 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; a member of the technical advisory group of World Bank´s ESMAP; member of the World Economic Forum´s Energy and Industry Transition Intelligence Advisory Board, and of the Accelerating Clean Hydrogen Initiative and of its Expert Network; member of the Strategy Committee of the Mexican Association for the Promotion of the Electric Vehicle (AMIVE); and mentor of the Latin America regional program of the Global Women´s Network for the Energy Transition.

Mr. Beltran is a non-resident fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy of the University of Columbia and at the Institute of the Americas; an executive fellow and member of the Advisory Committee of the Extractive Resources Governance Program of the School of Public Policy of the University of Calgary; Senior Fellow on Energy and Sustainability of the Mexican Council of International Affairs (COMEXI); member of the editorial committee of Enerlac from the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE); a member of the Assembly of IPS News; and a member of the Harvard Club of Mexico.

Mr. Beltran is currently consulting with the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank and is a senior advisor to ICM (philanthropic organization focused on climate mitigation efforts). He served in the government of Mexico as Deputy Secretary for Planning and Energy Transition (2012-2018), Director-General for Information and Energy Studies (2010-2012) and 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). Mr. Beltran 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 in Public Administration in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School, a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM), and studied Law at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM).