Christian Mantilla

About Christian Mantilla

Project Director | Energy & Energy Transition | Owner’s TeamSenior energy professional with 20+ years of experience delivering complex, capital-intensive projects across the energy, petrochemical, and energy-transition sectors, acting primarily within owner’s teams.Experience spans conventional energy assets (oil & gas, LNG, petrochemicals) as well as energy-transition developments including green hydrogen, ammonia, and low-carbon fuels. Strong track record leading projects from early development and FEED through EPC/EPCI strategy, contracting, and FID preparation.Currently responsible for large-scale hydrogen and ammonia developments, with accountability for governance, CAPEX optimization, value engineering, and execution readiness. Extensive interface with port authorities, governments, utilities, financiers, OEMs, and EPC contractors, including negotiation of BOO agreements and critical infrastructure interfaces.Known for delivering under cost and schedule pressure, aligning technical, commercial, and stakeholder interests, and supporting investment decisions at board, SteerCo, and lender level.Experienced in multinational, multicultural project environments across multiple jurisdictions.

Experience

1. Project Director Latam Green Hydrogen & Green Ammonia

   Fortescue

   Jul 2022 — Present · AR

   Serve as Project Director and owner’s representative for large-scale green hydrogen and green ammonia developments in Latin America, leading projects from early development through FEED completion and FID readiness.Hold accountability for overall project governance, development strategy, CAPEX optimization, and execution planning, including EPC/EPCI contracting strategies, value engineering, and risk allocation.Lead multi-disciplinary initiatives delivering material CAPEX and LCOA reductions, strengthening project viability and investment readiness for capital-intensive assets.Serve as a senior project-side interface with port authorities, state and federal governments, utilities, financiers, OEMs, and EPC contractors, working closely with Government Affairs to align technical, commercial, and execution matters.Negotiate and structure BOO agreements, utilities supply, water sourcing, and ammonia storage and export infrastructure, including port and logistics interfaces.Regularly support SteerCo, executive management, and lenders with integrated technical, commercial, and risk assessments to enable informed investment decisions.Operate within multinational, multicultural environments, applying execution discipline and stakeholder alignment consistent with large-scale energy, LNG, and petrochemical projects.

Education

• Universidad de Cartagena - Colombia

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Civil Engineering

  1980 — 1985

• Texas A&M University

  MS, Engineering

  1993 — 1994

Skills

• Cost Engineering
• Petrochemical
• Microsoft Project
• Refinery Operations
• Commissioning
• Oil/Gas
• Cpm Scheduling
• Construction
• P3
• Project Management
• Earned Value Management
• Piping
• Oil
• Lng
• Epc
• Pertmaster
• Feed
• Oil
• Project Control
• Onshore
• Engineering
• Project Estimation
• Epcm
• Microsoft Applications
• Petroleum
• Schedule Control
• Gas
• Risk Management
• Refinery
• Cost Control
• Downstream Oil %26 Gas
• Project Engineering
• Contract Management
• Construction Management
• Power Generation
• Wbs
• Primavera P6
• Onshore Operations
• Ms Project
• Oil & Gas