Diego Masera is currently UNIDO Representative for Southern Africa covering Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
From 2018 to 2023 he was the Chief of the Regional Coordination Bureau, Latin America and the Caribbean in charge of a regional network of offices which include one Regional Hub in Mexico, three regional offices in Uruguay, Brazil and Colombia, three National offices in Ecuador, Bolivia and Nicaragua. In parallel, from 2018 to 2022 he was the Deputy Director, Department of Programmes, Partnerships and Field Integration, and Chief of the Latin America and the Caribbean Division of UNIDO.
From 2015 to January 2018, he managed one of the largest United Nations Headquarters where he applied a number of energy efficiency interventions to make it the first UN HQ to be climate neutral ahead of the UN target.
Previously, Diego Masera was for five years the Chief of the Renewable Energy Division of UNIDO, in charge of a Global USD250M portfolio of projects that include a wide range of renewable technologies such as: Wind, Small Hydro Power, Solar PV, Solar thermal, Biomass gasification, biogas and biofuels.
From 2006 to 2010, Diego Masera was the Regional Technical Advisor on Energy and Climate Change for Latin America and the Caribbean of UNDP.
From 1990 to 2001, Diego Masera worked on SMEs development in Africa holding different positions for international organizations.
Diego Masera holds a Ph.D in Renewable Energy and a bachelor in Industrial Design Engineering. He has an extensive experience in inclusive and sustainable industrial development covering more than 50 countries and is author of several publications.