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Carlos de la Vega

Vice President, Marketing & Commercial Development Sempra Infrastructure

BIO

Carlos de la Vega is vice president of marketing and commercial development for Sempra Infrastructure’s
LNG and net-zero solutions business line. In this role, he is responsible for all marketing and commercial
development activities in support of the company’s natural gas liquefaction export projects in North
America.


Previously, de la Vega served as director of business development for Sempra Infrastructure’s hydrogen
projects and other net-zero applications. He also served as director of marketing and commercial
development for Sempra LNG.


Prior to joining Sempra in 2015, de la Vega served in various roles at Qatargas and Qatar Petroleum,
including as Head of LNG Marketing, East of Suez and as shareholder representative for Golden Pass LNG
and South Hook LNG terminals.


De la Vega was commercial director for LNG start-up venture NorthernStar Natural Gas, responsible for the
development of regasification terminals in the U.S. West Coast. He began his energy career as a process
engineer with BP Oil and progressed with increasing seniority through both financial and commercial roles
with El Paso Natural Gas.


De la Vega holds a master’s in business administration from Tulane University in New Orleans and a
bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University at College Station.