Diana Huidobro

Diana Huidobro is an MBA student at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Managing Director of the MIT Clean Energy Prize - Energy Track of the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. The MIT Clean Energy Prize is a global business plan competition for student teams with ideas to start companies in the Clean Energy space sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, NStar, Chesonis Foundation, Lux Research, the Wall Street Journal, among several leading companies in the energy industry, Venture Capital and Legal firms.

Diana performed extensive research on the Brazilian sugar-ethanol industry for a Harvard Business School project, working with industry leaders, Private Equity firms, Venture Capitalists and consultants and evaluated the impact of energy policies and disruptive technology on entrepreneurship, M&A activity and the overall industry profitability. She also worked in the Harvard Green Campus Initiative performing baseline analyses and designing and executing social marketing campaigns to promote energy efficiency, water preservation and recycling.

Before coming to the United States, Diana was part of the founding team of RiskAmerica.com, a startup that sells state-of-the-art financial Risk Management applications to banks, pension funds, brokerage houses, mining companies, energy companies and the Central Bank of Chile. She worked in various Business Development roles, managed Client and Investor Relations, and participated in two rounds of financing. Diana spent this past summer as an associate at The Brattle Group working on consulting projects for energy companies.

Diana graduated with honors from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile as a Civil Industrial Engineer with a double major in Business and Environmental Engineering. She also holds a Certificate in Management from Harvard University. In her spare time Diana enjoys reading, cooking, running, jewelry making, adventure traveling and the Arts.

Employer:	The Brattle Group
Position:	Summer Associate – Finance Practice
Time period:	May 2008 - July 2008
Description:	• Evaluated and recommended financing options for $1B cross-border lease operation to a European energy company • Modeled electricity prices for one of the largest Mid West power company • Analyzed and prepared evidence used in a cost of capital case for a Canadian natural gas company

Employer:	Brazilian Ethanol Industry Project
Position:	Research Associate
Time period:	December 2006 - July 2007
Description:	Research Project for HBS Doctoral Candidate. • Performed industry analysis of the global agribusiness industry and collaborated in HBS Case Bunge: Food, Fuel, and World Markets (HBS:708‐443) that is used in executive education and MBA programs • Identified and interviewed more than 12 industry leaders in the Brazilian sugar ethanol industry, including CEOs, VC and PE investors, consultants and entrepreneurs to gather information on industry trends for business analysis • Analyzed financial statements, balance sheets and income statements (10K’s) of a sugar ethanol company and identified key revenue drivers and internal and external variables that affect margins • Evaluated impact of Brazilian industrial policies on entrepreneurial activity in the sugar ethanol industry • Analyzed M&A activity and evolution of ownership structure, critical information to advise policy makers

Employer:	Harvard Green Campus Initiative
Position:	Graduate Green Living Representative
Time period:	January 2005 - February 2007
Description:	• Prepared and conducted social marketing campaigns to promote sustainability, energy efficiency, water preservation and recycling. Educated residents about climate change and environmental footprint • Led a team of five people and achieved a 400% increase in recycling in year 2006 • Designed, evaluated, and executed a campaign targeted to Harvard residents to promote use of CFL bulbs • Actively recruited and mentored new representatives

Employer:	Isabel Allende Foundation
Position:	Research Associate
Time period:	June 2004 - June 2004
Description:	• Identified, gathered and analyzed archival data, museum databases and XVIII Century's books in Catalan and Old Spanish to prepare historical background for the best‐sellers Zorro: A Novel and Ines of my Soul

Employer:	Riskamerica.com
Position:	Manager, Client & Investor Relations and Commercialization
Time period:	September 2002 - June 2003
Description:	Financial Risk Management Spin‐off of Universidad Catolica, sponsored by Santander Bank (Seed Stage). • Developed new business opportunities to cross‐sell tools for traders, portfolio managers and risk managers; forecasted P&L statements, performed valuation and competitive appraisal, and investigated financing options • Established client relations with the top 10 banks in the industry to sell risk management tools • Managed client portfolio servicing 53% of the total national banking industry • Developed the business plan that secured grants for $20K and $120K, and a joint venture for $100K

Employer:	Riskamerica.com
Position:	Founding team ‐ Manager, Client & Investor Relations and Commercialization
Time period:	October 2001 - July 2003
Description:	Financial Risk Management Spin‐off of Universidad Catolica, sponsored by Santander Bank (Seed Stage) • Developed and tested state‐of‐the‐art technical tools for financial risk management • Built a comprehensive statistical model to analyze and forecast foreign exchange rates using forward prices, spot transactions and interest rate information

Employer:	CITIBANK
Position:	Summer Intern
Time period:	December 1999 - February 2000
Description:	• Assisted in the structuring of a foreign direct investment operation, resulting in Anheuser Busch investing over $200 million in a local company • Built a proprietary model to select the most cost-competitive funding alternative for foreign investors, analyzing derivatives structuring, syndicated loan operations, and tax advantages • Assisted traders in foreign exchange transactions

University:	Harvard University
Time period:	2004 - 2006
Degree:	Certificate in Management. Concentration in Finance

University:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Time period:	2007 - Present
Degree:	MBA

Hobbies:	Enjoy adventure traveling, exercising and hiking. Explored Patagonia rivers with friends and family
Clubs:	MIT: Active member of Finance Club, VCPE Club, Sales Club, MIT Energy Club
Awards:	Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile: Awarded Honor Scholarship for outstanding academic performance Harvard University: Awarded the Katie Y.F. Yang Prize, for Academic Achievement (one out of 200)