Nelly Molina, EVP & CFO, California Resources Corporation

Manuela (Nelly) Molina is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, at California Resources Corporation. Ms. Molina is a seasoned energy executive with more than 25 years of corporate finance, capital markets and project financing experience and brings an extensive background in the development of energy infrastructure projects in the natural gas and power sectors.

She joins CRC from Sempra Energy, where she held various senior finance leadership roles, including most recently as Vice President of Audit Services and Vice President of Investor Relations. Earlier in her tenure at Sempra Energy, she served as Chief Financial Officer of Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (IEnova), a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, which was listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange until October 2021. During her time at IEnova, she completed over $10 billion of financing initiatives, including the company's initial public offering. Previously, Ms. Molina served in leadership roles with Kinder Morgan and the former El Paso Corporation in Mexico.

She has received several recognitions for her contributions as a financial leader in the energy industry, including being named as the best overall Chief Financial Officer among Latin American energy companies in Institutional Investor Magazine’s list of “Latin America’s Most Resilient Executives and Companies” in 2020. She holds a Master’s Degree in Finance from EGADE Business School at Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico City, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora.