He has overseen the successful design, construction and start-up of over 12 LNG trains representing ~61 mtpa of LNG production and multiple international pipelines.
Prior to joining Mexico Pacific in December 2022, Ivan served as an operating partner at Quantum Energy Partners, the controlling stakeholder of Mexico Pacific. His earlier career centered on international EPC and mega project delivery, overseeing the design, permitting, and construction of projects ranging from $10 to $65 billion across the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors with a particular focus on LNG projects in challenging international environments. He is a co-author of multiple patents covering LNG processing, power generation, carbon capture, CO² storage, and hydrogen generation and utilization.
Ivan has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Technology.
She was previously Head of LNG Marketing for the $18.5b Gladstone LNG Project, where she secured the long-term SPAs before building and running Gladstone LNG Project’s commercial LNG desk for close to a decade on behalf of project partners Santos, KOGAS, PETRONAS and Total. Sarah played a key role throughout the project, from concept through to operations, with direct involvement across the build out of permitting, EIS, joint ventures, gas markets, pipeline and terminal development, LNG markets, shipping, port development, FID, operational readiness and operations.
Prior to Gladstone LNG, Sarah was an energy transactions and projects lawyer with Ashurst advising on LNG, upstream gas, coal, power and uranium mega project development and M&A transactions in the energy and resources space.
Sarah holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of International Business from Griffith University. She is a regular plenary speaker at keynote industry conferences and has been widely recognized across the industry through the following nominations and awards: ExxonMobil Power Play 'Rainmaker Award' – Finalist, Managing Director's Award, Resources Awards for Women – Overall Award Nomination, and Queensland Emergent Woman Lawyer of the Year Award – Finalist.
Prior to joining Mexico Pacific, Sean was a Partner and member of the Investment Committee at Quantum Energy Partners (“Quantum”), a $20 billion energy private equity firm and Mexico Pacific’s controlling shareholder. At Quantum, Sean focused on equity and debt investments in the renewable power, LNG, CCUS and decarbonization sectors. He led Quantum’s investment in Mexico Pacific as part of the firm’s integrated decarbonization strategy of delivering US responsibly sourced natural gas to global energy markets.
Sean also co-founded and served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Quantum Utility Generation, a Quantum backed portfolio company focused on the development and acquisition of thermal and renewable power plants. Sean led multiple non-recourse project financings and joint venture agreements in that role. Prior to joining Quantum, Sean was a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan were he had responsibility for the North American power and renewable sectors. Prior to his career with J.P. Morgan, he was an officer in the U.S. Navy.
Sean earned an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania and holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from The Catholic University of America. Sean also serves on the board of St. Agnes Academy for girls in Houston.
Alberto Co-Founded Ardinall Investment Management which holds investments in energy and infrastructure markets in Mexico and Latin America and established distinguished relationships with key Mexican and U.S. Government officials. Prior to that, he was co-head of the Energy Opportunities Fund at Goldman Sachs, an $8B private equity fund focusing on opportunities in the Mexican energy sector.
Earlier in his career, Alberto worked at Baseline Partners, a firm dedicated to private equity investing in emerging markets where he led the energy and infrastructure practice. Prior to Baseline, he worked in the Investment Banking Division of Merrill Lynch, primarily focused on advisory and capital raising engagements with energy and industrial clients.
Alberto earned an industrial and systems engineering degree from ITESM and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Prior to Mexico Pacific, Krysta served as the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of NextDecade for 6 years, where she played a pivotal role in developing the Rio Grande LNG and Rio Bravo Pipeline projects and listing the company on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
Prior to that, Krysta worked with Bechtel’s Oil, Gas and Chemicals business unit in Houston where she was responsible for negotiating and delivering EPC and technology agreements across multiple LNG and resources mega projects. Prior to Bechtel, Krysta served for 12 years as Vice President, Legal, and Chief of Staff at BG Group, helping to establish and build BG’s LNG business including advising on matters affecting the group’s investment in Atlantic LNG and major upstream assets in Trinidad and Tobago.
Krysta holds a Bachelor of Laws from Kings College, London, a Maitrise in French Law and a DESS (Masters) in European Law, both from the Université of Paris I (Panthéon Sorbonne). Krysta is an active member of the Law Society of England and Wales, and the State Bars of New York and Nevada.
David has overseen organizational design, workforce development and people strategies, resulting in the successful build out of large and diverse teams from initial development stages through to operational facilities. For the last 10 years, David has worked on the execution and operations phases of multiple major LNG projects on the US Gulf Coast and served in a senior HR capacity for NextDecade where he led personnel planning across the project development and pre-FID phase for Rio Grande LNG.
His early career was spent leading HR operations across Europe, Middle East and Africa before moving to the US in 2014 to focus on the North American LNG sector.
David studied Aerospace Business Systems at the University of Salford in the United Kingdom.
Prior to joining Mexico Pacific, Erwin held key leadership roles at McDermott, one of the leading EPCs in the LNG industry. Erwin worked directly on and played a key role in the engineering design, fabrication, construction and delivery of Golden Pass (under construction), Cameron LNG, Gorgon LNG, Peru LNG, Grain LNG and Nigeria LNG for McDermott. He oversaw all construction and fabrication activities across their North, Central and South America (NCSA) region, which included direct fabrication and construction experience in Mexico.
Erwin received his mechanical engineering degree from Universidad Simon Bolivar, holds an MBA from Instituto de Empresa, and attended the Project Management Academy at Rice University.
Prior to joining Mexico Pacific, John held the role of Chief Operating Officer at Monterra Energy where he was responsible for leading the permitting, development and execution of the largest privately owned clean fuels storage terminal in Mexico. Prior to that, John held key leadership roles at TC Energy, El Paso, GDF Suez Mexico and Gasoductos de Chihuahua (PEMEX JV), overseeing engineering, procurement, construction and operating activities across major pipelines and terminals in Mexico, including the Mayakan, San Fernando, Ramones and Gasoductos de Bajio pipelines.
He received his engineering degree in University College Dublin, and a Masters of Engineering from the University of Toronto.
Prior to Mexico Pacific, Jose Luis was the Managing Director of Terminal de LNG de Altamira, one of Mexico’s 3 LNG import terminals, where he oversaw terminal operations and developed new regulated services for the company, including small and large scale LNG reloads and trucking. Previously, Jose Luis served as Head of Mexico at Baker Hughes, where he was accountable for strategy and business development within Mexico. Prior to that, Jose Luis was the CEO of Gasoductos de Chihuahua, a PEMEX and Sempra joint venture company, for 15 years joining upon foundation of the venture and building the business out to an enterprise worth over $3B. As CEO, Jose Luis was responsible for the development, financing and delivery of the San Fernando, Ramones 1 and Ramones 2N natural gas pipelines and LPG and ethane pipelines and terminals.
Jose Luis received his industrial engineering degree from Universidad Panamericana and an MBA from Instituto Panamericano de Alta Direccion de Empresa.
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