Barbara Neira

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Mechanical civil engineer in energy from the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María. Interested in developing in organizations that address issues of energy, sustainability, and/or climate change. I have worked as a project engineer, coordinator and lead teams of young people addressing climate change issues. Highly responsible professional with leadership and teamwork skills. I am currently involved in the development of the hydrogen industry in Chile and Latin America and the Caribbean.

• H2LAC Coordinator

  giz deutsche gesellschaft für internationale zusammenarbeit, - Full-time From August 2023 to Present

  • Generated strategic planning of the platform with a view to strengthen dissemination and articulation activities between the hydrogenrnecosystem in Latin America and the Caribbean.rn• Led board meetings of the platform. The board members are (World Bank, ECLAC, GIZ, Euroclima and IEA).

• Technical Advisor Energy Partnership Chile

  giz deutsche gesellschaft für internationale zusammenarbeit - Full-time From June 2022 to Present

  • Led technical and regulatory studies that will be used as inputs for public policies of both nations.rn• Supported high-level bilateral dialogue between the Ministry of Energy of Chile and the Ministry of Economy and Climate Action of Germany.rn• Handled the organization of events related to gender in the energy sector (Created the concept note of the event, contacted the speakers,rnamong others.).

• Coordinator of studies

  Chilean Hydrogen Association (H2Chile) - Full-time From February 2021 to June 2022

  • Public policy, human capital and regulation committee coordinator.rn• LAC Clean Hydrogen Action Coordinator An alliance of LAC associations.rn• Directly supported the CEO related to communication and strategic tasks.rn• Led different activities involved with the development of green hydrogen, such as matchmaking meetings with internationalrninstitutions, funding articulation, etc.rn• Made presentations, speeches and press releases for media.

• Project Engineer: Electromobility Platform

  Ministry of Energy Chile- UTFSM - Part-time From January 2020 to September 2020

  Created technical content for the general public on the following topics:rnJanuary 2020 - September 2020rn• Green hydrogen in the transport sector, interoperability in electromobility, relationship between transport and gender.

• Civil mechanical engineering

  Universidad Técnica "Federico Santa María" From March 2013 to December 2019

• Latin American Spanish
• English

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