Annette is known for building and leading expert, multidisciplinary teams that deliver excellence in data structuring, visualization, and digital enablement. Her projects are recognized for their thoughtful design and practical impact—unlocking insights that were previously buried in static formats or siloed systems.

She brings decades of experience to her advisory and strategic policy work, having worked with national governments, multilateral institutions, and leading corporations across the Americas. Most recently, she served as senior advisor to the president of Petrobras, focusing on the geopolitics of the energy transition and the strategic use of energy and environmental data. She also completed a digital transformation project with Natural Resources Canada and served as region head for data governance and policy at Oxford Analytica.

Annette’s prior work includes multi-year projects at the Canada Energy Regulator, where she helped turn static regulatory filings into dynamic public tools—most notably BERDI (Biophysical, Socio-Economic and Regional Data and Information) and an interactive pipeline incident database. She also led a multi-country data initiative with the Inter-American Development Bank to modernize how data is shared and reused across government systems.

She was a founding director of the Latin American Research Centre at the University of Calgary and taught in the Haskayne School’s Global Energy EMBA program. Annette holds a master’s degree in economics and has authored numerous reports and articles on energy, data governance, and public policy. She was a frequent contributor to Oxford Analytica and has written for a range of multilateral and academic institutions.

From 2018 to 2024, Annette served as a member of the Statistics Canada Advisory Council, contributing to the strategic oversight of the agency during a critical period of modernization and public trust-building.