Ana Maria is an Energy Consultant and Training Facilitator with international experience in power, academia and natural gas industry. She holds BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering degrees. Ana began work in Colombia with Electric Utilities and Gas Distribution Company, and also worked at Universidad de Norte, becoming Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Programme. In UK she has worked as Energy Consultant in great variety of projects, such as: European Gas Model, Worldwide Gas Production and Transportation Costs, Natural Gas Markets of several countries, Advising the electricity regulation in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Nigeria's Presidential Task Force on Power. She worked as individual contractor for UNFCCC.

Since 2013 she has been designing and delivering Energy Training programmes in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America and Europe. From the beginning of 2021, Ana Maria has been working as energy analyst for IEEFA’s Europe team on topics related to gas, LNG, hydrogen, as well as other relevant European energy issues.