About

Empresa de Energía de Bogotá (EEB), the second largest electricity transmission and utilities provider in Colombia and one of the largest companies in country, is often held up as a model of good corporate governance in Latin America. As part of EEB’s leadership team, head of legal and regulatory affairs Diana Margarita Vivas Munar has been an important part of the company’s success. With a distinguished record of driving change at both public and private bodies, she was widely praised as an effective communicator and legal strategist. EEB operates an ever expanding Latin American presence, calling on Vivas Munar to assist with its new market entry strategy. Recent initiatives have included entering the Brazilian electricity market, helping to modernise electricity transmission infrastructure in Guatemala through its subsidiary Transportadora de Energía de Centroamérica S.A (TRESCA), and growing its presence in Peru, where EEB is joint owner, along with Colombian energy concern Interconexión Eléctrica (ISA), of more than 60% of the electricity transmission infrastructure. In addition to her wide-ranging mandate at EEB, Vivas Munar has been an independent consultant in constitutional and public law and has assisted in the reorganisation of public entities and multilateral agencies. She has previously served as secretary general to the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit; director of the Public Administration Renewal Program, and technical secretary to legal reform on public procurement.