Leonardo Moreno

SVP, Corporate Strategy & Investment and Chief Commercial Officer, The AES Corporation

Leo is AES’ head of Corporate Strategy and Chief Commercial Officer, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. A leader with substantial international experience, he has led strategy, finance, commercial, risk, and M&A teams in the US, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. In his current role, Leo leads the design and execution of AES’ global strategy, oversees the company’s growth investments, leads global commercial teams in charge of marketing all technologies and solutions, and heads a unit to incubate new businesses with the potential to become transformative, high growth platforms. He sits on the Board of Directors of Dayton Power & Light in the US, AES Gener in Chile, AES Distributed Energy in Colorado, and AES Tiete in Brazil. Leo previously served as AES’ Chief Risk Officer, and before that he was Chief Financial Officer for the Europe business unit, managing businesses in Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. In his 14 years with AES, he has held leadership positions at the corporate and local levels, and has managed mergers, acquisitions, divestments, and restructurings throughout AES’ global portfolio.  In Brazil, he ran teams in charge of strategy, financial planning, and risk. Leo worked for Ernst & Young prior to joining AES. He has a degree in Business from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, and has completed executive business and leadership programs in the London Business School, Georgetown University, and University of Virginia.