Cesar
Manufacturing Plant Director - Mexico - iCEO #98362

Experience

Power generation executive with 25+ years of experience leading and optimizing large scale power generation companies, with a focus on asset performance and value creation.

Major Achievements

*Turned around a struggling power business unit in 2018 with low reliability and high costs by driving a cultural transformation, enforcing a balanced scorecard, and implementing lean operations, cutting outages from 30% to 10% and reducing maintenance costs. *Stabilized operations during a severe cash crisis caused by a offtaker default through rapid restructuring and strong stakeholder alignment. *Revitalized an underperforming GenCo, increasing the plant availability from 40% to 70% (with a roadmap to 90%) and significantly improving safety metrics. *Successfully led complex negotiations to resolve PPA disputes, defuse default claims, and secure full alignment from executive leadership and the board.

Industry Sector Competencies

Energy-Oil-Gas

Engineering

Power Generation

Professional Objectives

Function: COO, CEO, VP, Director

Sector: Energy, Power generation, Asset management.

Interim Manager: Yes

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time

Prefered Locations: Middle East

Additional Professional Interests

Operational coaching on demand

Non executive director assignments

Personal financial investment: 150-350K USD

Countries Covered

Botswana

Canada

Mexico

Oman

United Arab Emirates

Operational Competencies

Business development (Professional)

Company rescue or turnaround (Expert)

Close down or sell off (Professional)

Pre or post investment audit (Professional)