Federico Velásquez

Federico Velásquez has over 20 years of international relations experience in the areas of permitting, regulatory, government relations and indigenous/community relations, and has successfully led major projects in highly sensitive and complex sociopolitical scenarios. Since joining Solaris in 2018, Mr. Velásquez has been responsible for the operational execution of the company’s asset development strategy. Prior to Solaris, Mr. Velásquez spent more than 5 years leading corporate affairs and supporting the management of assets for Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Canada, as a Managing Director of Peace River Coal Inc. Previous to that, he held various senior leadership roles in AltaGas as well as in the Ministries of Energy and Mines and Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, respectively, for the Government of British Columbia. Mr. Velásquez’s policy making and academic contributions include the Human Security Report for the United Nations and establishing the first indigenous revenue sharing policy for natural resources in Canada.