[2] In 2012, he was appointed as alternate executive director of the World Bank Group representing Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

In 2012, he was elected by experts around the world for a period of two years as vice president for academic affairs of the International Association for Energy Economics.

His achievements leading the Ministry of Energy were presented on Tuesday, January 5, 2011, in the Montt Varas Hall of the Palacio de La Moneda.

In this public hearing, he highlighted community support projects, the promotion of non-conventional renewable energies, security of supply and energy efficiency, among others, such as: 1.- Referring to the earthquake that hit the country on February 27, 2010, and which quickly forced the reformulation of the work agenda, the following actions were prioritized: 2.- The processing of several bills was initiated: 3.- The project called “Virtual Gas Pipeline” was promoted and worked to bring natural gas to the eighth region inaugurated at the beginning of 2011.

4.- 7 measures were promoted to strengthen the security of the electrical system: 5.- With the objective of ensuring that Chile has a safe and reliable energy supply, a key resource for the economic and social development of the country, the Energy Security Committee was created, which established a permanent dialogue table with the key actors of the sector to address issues of industry development, implementation of best practices, regulatory framework, and others.

7.- Progress was made in having 50% of photovoltaic system installations to benefit 30 rural schools in the northern part of the country, belonging to the “Educate with energy” program.

8.- 180 million were transferred to the Ministry of Justice, to provide hot water from solar technology, to more than 500 inmates of the mother and child units of women's prisons in Antofagasta, Concepción and Santiago.

A system of thermal solar collectors was inaugurated, which from the sun supply hot water to the Special Development School, located in La Reina.