Emilia Esther Calleja, an electrical engineer with over two decades of experience at the state utility, will be the new CEO of Mexico’s Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE).
CFE, the main player in Mexico’s natural gas market and holder of a majority of the nation’s pipeline capacity, will now for the first time be helmed by a woman. Mexico will also have its first female president come October in President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum. The energy ministry Sener, meanwhile, will be led by Luz Elena González.
On LinkedIn, Mexico electricity and natural gas expert Rosanety Barrios expressed enthusiasm that so many women were gaining leading positions in the nation’s energy sector, one that has traditionally been dominated by men.
