• WPC 2024
  • March 18-22, 2024

Tania Rabasa Kovacs

Orbia

Vice President of Sustainability & Corporate Affairs

Tania is responsible for steering Orbia’s corporate governance and sustainability agenda to achieve a net positive impact on the environment by addressing decarbonization, renewable energy and energy efficiency, circular economy, sustainability science and innovation, technology, partnerships and external affairs.

Tania brings a commitment to Orbia’s purpose-driven journey to her role as well as corporate development expertise and more than 15 years of experience in the energy sector. She has a background at the intersection of energy and strategy, with a particular focus on guiding transitions and sustainable development agendas. In addition, Tania has worked across the private and public sectors and built a broad network of stakeholders in Mexico, spanning policymakers, industry groups, academia, members of the media and NGOs.

Prior to joining Orbia, Tania held numerous leadership roles in Mexico’s largest state-owned electricity company, CFE, and in its trading and marketing entity CFEnergía. Before that, Tania worked at the Board level as well as in the finance department at PEMEX. Tania is a founding member of Voz Experta, an NGO that supports women’s leadership in businesses in the environmental and energy sectors as well as a member of numerous think tanks including COMEXI, Club of Rome and Centro Tepoztlán that are promoting the study and analysis of global challenges including climate change.

She holds an M.A. in Economics and Political Science from El Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City and a B.A. in Economics, Politics and Philosophy from York.

Sessions With Tania Rabasa Kovacs

Friday, 22 March

  • 10:00am - 12:00pm (CST) / 22/mar/2024 03:00 pm - 22/mar/2024 05:00 pm

    Navigating Energy Transition Opportunities Down the Value Chain

    10:00 AM: Session Introduction - Lisa Wood, Executive Director, Specialty Chemical Consulting, S&P Global Commodity Insights
    10:05 AM: Turning Energy into Food - Marcos Sabelli, CEO, Profertil Agro
    10:25 AM: How Orbia’s Global Sustainable Business Model is driving the transition - Tania Rabasa Kovacs, Corporate Vice President Sustainability and Corporate Affairs, Orbia
    10:45 AM: Braskem’s journey in Carbon Neutral Circular Economy - Fabiana Quiroga, Circular Economy Director, South America, Braskem
    11:05 AM: Panel Discussion and Q&A - Moderator: Guilherme Baida, Team Lead, Latin American Chemicals, S&P Global Commodity Insights
    11:25 AM: Short Break    
    11:30 AM: Panel - Energy Transition and Feedstock Selection - Felipe Perez, Latin America Downstream Strategist, S&P Global Commodity Insights; Debnil Chowdhury, Head of Americas Fuels and Refining, S&P Global Commodity Insights and Walt Hart, Olefins Americas Lead, S&P Global Commodity Insights
    The Atlantic Basin is experience a new wave of refinery capacity additions at the same time fuels demand in Europe and The United States are rapidly declining. In parallel, NGLs availability continue growing in the area. What does this flood of feedstock availability mean for Latin America?
    11:55 AM: Closing remarks - Lisa Wood, Executive Director, Specialty Chemical Consulting, S&P Global Commodity Insights