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Ricardo G. Barcelona, PhD
Adjunct Faculty
Academic Background
- PhD in Management, King's College, London
- Master in Business Administration, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, Spain
- Bachelor of Arts in Economics, University of the Philippines
Professional and Academic Experience
- Honorary Research Fellow, Imperial College Business School, London, United Kingdom
- Professorial Lecturer, School of Economics, University of the Philippines
- Founding Research Director: Chair for Energy and Social Development, IESE Business School, Spain / Trustee and Director, IESE Alumni Executive Committee, Spain
- Consultant, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Managing Director, Barcino Advisers Limited, Hong Kong
- Head, Global Projects – Structured Finance and M&A, Shell Gas & Power International - The Hague, Netherlands / London, United Kingdom / Managing Director, Shell Gas & Power International Service Company, The Hague, Netherlands
- Global Sector Director and Head – Utilities (Power, Gas and Water), ABN AMRO / Rothschild, London, United Kingdom
- Executive Director and Head, European Utilities (Power, Gas and Water), SBC WARBURG London, United Kingdom
- Analyst, Spanish Equities / Associate Director, Corporate Finance, NOMURA London, United Kingdom and Madrid, Spain
- Assistant Vice President JP Morgan Asset Management London, United Kingdom
- International Internal Consultant, Schlumberger London, United Kingdom
- Manager – East Asia First Philippine Holdings Hong Kong
Affiliations, Awards, and Honors
- Board Director, South Balibago Resources, Inc.
- Trustee and Board Director - UK Philippine Foundation
- Top Rated Analyst, European Utilities – Institutional Investors (USA), Extel (UK), Euromoney (UK), Reuters (UK), Greenwich Associates (USA)
- Barcelona, RG (2023). Dynamic Decisions: Energy Pivot, Adaptive Moves, Winning BOUnCE. London: World Scientific Publishing Europe
- Barcelona, R. G. (2020). Adaptively Traversing Towards Low Carbon Economy Technology Choices Under the Green Paradox: Portfolio, Flexibility and Competition Effects. Energy Journal, (2), 114-131.
- Barcelona, R. G., De Wilde, A., & Nugroho, H. (2019). Indonesia’s Geothermal Resource Paradox: Unbundling Risks, Unleashing Private Capital. Indonesian Journal of Development Planning, Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia.
- Barcelona, R. G., Ronoh, G., & Tchorzewska, K. (2019). Kenya's Imperfect Fuel Market: Tackling Real Problems with Real Solutions. SSRN Electronic Journal.
- Barcelona, R. G. (2017). Energy Investments: An Adaptive Approach to Profiting from Uncertainties. Palgrave Macmillan, London, United Kingdom.
- Barcelona, R. G. (2015). Renewable Energy with Volatile Prices: Why NPV Fails to Tell the Whole Story. Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, United States.