Igor Salazar is an industrial engineer who graduated from the University of Lima, Peru, and obtained a Master's degree in energy economics from the University of Oklahoma in the United States of America.
He started his professional career with Petroperú and Repsol, where he worked in the refining section (planning, marketing and operations). He then worked in the downstream sector with Texas Petroleum Company (Texaco). Thereafter he joined Endesa Internacional in Chile, where he worked in gas/energy trading and the development of new businesses in Latin America (principally Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and Chile).
In January 2002, he joined Hunt Oil Company to work on the Camisea project and the Peru LNG project as Commercial Manager. Prior to being Commercial Director he was also a part of the engineering group that launched the project in 2002.
On January 1, 2011, he was appointed as General Manager of Peru LNG.
