Presently, Claudi Santiago Ponsa occupies the position of Managing Director & Chief operating Officer at First Reserve International Ltd. and Senior Advisor at Oaktree Capital Management (UK) LLP.

He is also on the board of Naturgy Energy Group SA and U.S.-Russia Business Council.

In his past career he occupied the position of Chief Operating Officer & Managing Partner at First Reserve Management LP, Senior Vice President of General Electric Co. and President & Chief Executive Officer at GE Oil & Gas SpA (a subsidiary of General Electric Co.), Project Manager at General Electric Information Services and Principal at Nuovo Pignone SpA.

He received a graduate degree from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, a graduate degree from INSEAD, a graduate degree from Georgetown University and a graduate degree from Harvard Business School.