Rooney Ignacio
Principal, Energy Consulting, Wood Mackenzie

Ignacio is a principal at Wood Mackenzie’s energy consulting practice, based out of the Houston office. At Wood Mackenzie, he leads projects for energy companies across the Americas, focusing on energy transition, portfolio decisions, and operational strategies. Previously, Ignacio was a business development senior manager at EnDriven where he pursued midstream business opportunities across Latin America. Before that, he was a senior manager at Accenture Strategy Energy in the Mexico City office. There, he led strategy projects for energy companies across Latin America and Europe.
Ignacio has developed his expertise advising energy companies on improving their performance by implementing digital technologies and advanced analytics. He has been invited to numerous energy industry forums across Latin America to share his view on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the sector and how countries are tackling them. Ignacio is a frequent reference for the regional energy-related media, regularly interviewed and quoted in publications such as Bloomberg, Natural Gas Intelligence and Latin America Energy Advisor.
Ignacio holds an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and an industrial engineering degree from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires.