Dr. Marcelino Madrigal is currently the Chief of the Energy Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In his more than twenty years of experience in the energy sector worldwide, he has served as a former commissioner of the Regulatory Commission in Mexico, as senior energy specialist at the World Bank, as a research professor at the Technological Institute of Morelia and as a member of the national system of researchers in Mexico. Additionally, he was the Chairman of the International Committee of the World Forum of Regulators in 2018 and vice president of the Ibero-American Association of Regulators (ARIAE).

Dr. Madrigal has a bachelor’s, master’s, and a doctorate degree in electrical engineering from the Morelia Institute of Technology, the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, and the University of Waterloo in Canada. He specializes in the operation, planning, market design, regulation, and projects related to the transition and decarbonization of the electric energy sector. He has published more than 10 peer-reviewed technical articles and was the recipient of the Outstanding Young Engineer Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).