After serving for one year as chairman-elect, Del Rosario will become chairman of WEC at the World Energy Congress in Buenos Aires in October 2001. He will serve a three-year term, until the 2004 World Energy Congress in Sydney, Australia. As chief elected officer of the foremost global multi-energy organization, Del Rosario will work with WEC members in 93 countries to carry out WEC’s studies and technical programs and formulate energy policy for leading decision-makers and government officials.
Del Rosario currently serves on the WEC officers council as vice-chairman for Asia and is a past chairman of the WEC Philippines member committee. He is also president and CEO of Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corp., Trans-Asia Power Generation, and Asia Coal Corp. in the Philippines and serves as senior consultant for Philippine Investment Management (Phinma), Inc.
In the past, Del Rosario was affiliated with Filoil, a Philippine oil refining and marketing company. He also served as executive vice president of the Philippine National Oil Co. and deputy minister in the Philippine Ministry of Energy.