Luiz Avelar is a Partner at EY Middle East, helping energy clients navigate strategy, transformation and the energy transition. His work spans oil and gas, renewables, utilities, and mining clients.
Luiz has held senior strategy roles as Principal Director at Accenture Strategy Middle East and Senior Strategy Director at Envision Digital, covering growth strategy, M&A, cost reduction, digital energy & operations, and decarbonization.
He began his career as an Upstream Drilling Engineer at SLB, working on well design, execution and evaluation across complex drilling environments.
Luiz holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Mechanical Engineering degree from UFMG in Brazil, where his thesis focused on wind turbine design.
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