Patricia Darez is Managing Director at 350renewables and a member of the board of directors of the Chilean Renewable Energy and Storage Association, ACERA. She has over 15 years’ international experience. From 2017 to 2019 she was Country Manager of DNV GL (one of the leading technical advisers for investors, banks and IPPs) and responsible for Wind, Solar, Hydro, Geothermal and thermal projects in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru and Colombia. From 2011 to 2015, she worked as Energy Analysis Manager for Mainstream Renewable Power where she was the technical lead for solar projects worldwide and led a team of wind and solar analysts in Latin America. From 2007 to 2011, she worked for Wind Prospect Limited in the UK, for projects located across several continents. She has a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Bristol and regularly appears as a key note speaker at conferences.

Christian Darr leads the 350renewables team. He has over a decade of experience in development and consultancy of renewable energy projects worldwide. He is an Environmental Engineer of the Technical University of Freiberg (Germany) who has spent extensive periods working in Brazil and South Africa. Between 2004 and 2011 he worked at Wind Prospect in the UK where in his role as Technical Manager he developed procedures and tools for data analysis and wind resource assessments. Since 2011 he has been working as a Consultant in Chile where he has taken part in more than 1.5GW of local wind and solar energy projects from greenfield to operation. Christian is heavily involved in formulating industry best practice and mitigation strategies in relation to wind farm noise and shadow flicker in Chile. 

Carolina Zelaya is a solicitor with a masters in Law (LLM) from the Pontificia Universidad Católica. She specialises in Electrical Market Regulation and has been working in the Energy Industry for over 15 years. From 2014 to 2019 she led the legal department of the National Energy Commission in Chile (CNE) and was a direct and active participant in the development and implementation of the reforms that affected the General Law for Electrical Systems. She participated in Law 20.805 which improved the tender system for Clients subject to regulated prices. She also modified Law 20.928 which established mechanisms to make electrical tariff more stable. Finally, she took part in the legislation 20.936 which established a new system for the transmission of electricity and created the independent figure of the National Electrical Coordinator (CEN, the Chilean TSO).