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Rafael Amiel

Regional Manging Director, Latin America & Caribbean

Amiel is Regional Managing Director for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Country Intelligence Group. He is responsible for coordinating the analysis and forecasts of IHS economists and analysts who cover 42 countries in this region, including the Caribbean islands. He holds a PhD in economics from Florida International University (FIU), where he also served as adjunct professor of economics and was a research associate in FIU's Latin American and Caribbean Center.

Enrique Sira

IHS CERA Senior Director

Enrique Sira, IHS CERA Director, leads IHS CERA Andean Energy and Mexico Energy Advisory Services. He is an expert in portfolio optimization, decision making and capital allocation for the oil and gas industries. Mr. Sira has over ten years of experience in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries, where he has held positions ranging from field engineer to financial controller of international operations. His experience includes oil and gas exploration, business planning and strategy, business development, project finance, economic analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and risk analysis and management.

Mr. Sira has authored a number of IHS CERA private reports and decision briefs on hydrocarbon policy, strategy and regulatory regimes in Latin America. He has also performed significant work in the areas of portfolio optimization, designed and implemented uncertainty characterization and management programs for exploration and production assets worldwide and performed numerous project valuations and risk analysis internationally. In his academic and professional experience Mr. Sira has authored a number of research papers contributing to modern portfolio optimization theory, such as “Semi Variance as Real Project Portfolio Optimization Criteria with Application in the Oil and Gas Industry,” in the International Journal of Global Energy Issues.

Mr. Sira holds a BS from the Universidad Simon Bolivar (Venezuela), an MS from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (United Kingdom) and a joint MBA/MA from the Wharton School of Business/Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.

Lysle Brinker

SVP, Co-Director, Equity Research