Luis Colasante is the Group Energy Manager and Head of Economic Research at Sogefi Group. He is in charge of developing the Group energy strategies and policies; as well as macroeconomic research for the Purchasing Commodity Department of the Group. He provides analysis in forex, interest rate, commodities as well as energy trading strategies and hedging. Prior to that, he was the Lead International Energy Trader of Sogefi Group (2012-2014). From 2009- 2012 Luis was Energy Manager at Exelcia developing “Energy Certificates” and he worked at EDF, Engie (GDF-Suez), Petroplus and other listed energy companies. Luis has published works including a paper concerning to energy saving (Ecole des Mines de Paris), and has also been invited speaker in different energy related meetings. Luis Colasante has a Masters Degree in Quantative Finance from the University Paris Dauphine, a Certificate in Quantative Finance I & II Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique “ENSAE” and a Masters Degree in Energy Systems and Policies from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris and Luis holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University de Los Andes (Mérida-Venezuela).
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