Merlin is the General Director for Mexico’s Upstream Oil & Gas Association (AMEXHI). This non profit association gathers the main oilfield operators in Mexico and has the vision of consolidating the oil & gas industria as a development pillar in Mexico.
Before entering AMEXHI, Merin worked at the Ministry of Energy under the upstream division. Before that, he worked managing both offshore and onshore oil rigs. He started his career in Brunei and then work through the ranks of Schlumberger throughout Venezuela, Oman, UAE, Iraq & Saudi Arabia for clients such as Shell, BP, ENI, ExxonMobil, PdVSA & Saudi Aramco.
Merlin is alumni from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Harvard Business School, London Business School & Columbia Business School. He has also teached a course at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).