María José is Country Manager for Acclaim Energy Mexico, where she focuses on designing, implementing and negotiating optimal electricity and natural gas supply strategies. Previously, she was a founding partner of Mexico Green Energy, a company focused on advising the development of greenfield renewable energy projects. She also participates and supports the organization in high-level international energy forums.

She was recently named Vice President of the Council for the State of Nuevo León of Nacional Financiera´s (NAFIN) national network of Advisory Councils and is a member of the Mexican Council of International Affairs (COMEXI), one of the leading think tanks in the country, collaborating in the Energy Work Group and the US-Mexico Relationship Work Group. In the past two years, Maria Jose participated in the Grupo Reforma´s newspaper El Norte´s Energy Editorial Board. She is a Founding Board Member of the Women’s Energy Network Mexico Chapter.

María José holds an MBA from the IPADE Business School, a Business Administration Bachelor’s degree from Trinity University and a second in Mandarin Chinese, which she completed at Fudan University in Shanghai. She speaks 4 languages.