Americas transition finance summit

Elizabeth Aceituno

Senior Director, Private Finance Sector Lead

WWF US

Elizabeth Aceituno is senior director and private finance sector lead at WWF US. Prior to this, she was senior expert at WWF’s Global Finance Practice, where she worked to influence the global financial system to better integrate environmental risks, mobilise investment for sustainable development and drive sustainable practices across sectors. Previously, she was director of corporate engagement at The Nature Conservancy.

Henry Anderson

Chief Executive Officer

Development Finance Corporation, Belize

Henry Anderson is chief executive officer at Development Finance Corporation, Belize. He has extensive experience in senior leadership positions at Citrus Growers Association, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Communications. He is chairman and director of the Galen University Board of Trustees.

Maria Ariza

Chief Executive Officer

Bolsa Institucional de Valores

María Ariza is CEO at Bolsa Institucional de Valores. María spent has extensive experience in the private equity sector. Prior to joining BIVA, she hold various leadership positions at Mexican Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Ictus Capital and NAFTA Fund. María is partner and board member at Grupo Salus, Muventa and KL Studios.

Marina Brenden

Sustainable Finance Senior Officer

Global Green Growth Institute

Marina Brenden is a senior sustainable finance officer at the Global Green Growth Institute. She has extensive experience across Latin America and the Caribbean, where she specialises in translating climate ambition into investable opportunities. In her role at GGGI, she develops sustainable finance frameworks, strengthen capital markets and mobilise investment for climate and sustainable development.

Daniela Calleja

Director, New Issuers and Investors

BIVA

Mariuz Calvet

Chair, ESG Commission

Mexican Banking Association

Mariuz Calvet is chair of environmental, social and governance commission at Mexican Banking Association. She specialises in the financial sector directing ESG and Sustainable Finance strategies at Citibanamex, Grupo Financiero Banorte, HSBC Mexico and Latin America, and Banco Santander Mexico. Previously, she was part of the founding Group of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Banking.

Sergio Codera

Co-founder and Director

CoFine

Andrea Correa

Head of Research

OMFIF

Daniela Cuéllar Müller

Chief Sustainability Officer

Banobras

Juan Pablo De Botton Falcón

Secretary of Administration and Finance

Mexico City Government

Juan Pablo de Botton Falcón is secretary of administration and finance at Finance Secretariat of Mexico City. He is responsible for the efficient management of Mexico City’s budget and for defining fiscal policy. Prior to this, he was undersecretary of expenditures at the ministry of finance and public credit. He was previously general director of Nacional Financiera.

Anais Furia

Equities and Mezzanine in Northern Latam

International Finance Corporation

Luis Miguel Galindo

Director, Economics, Finance and Energy

World Resources Institute

Gonzalo Garcia-Trujillo

Senior Economist

Banco Central de Chile

Gonzalo García-Trujillo is senior economist at Banco Central de Chile. His research spans macroeconomics, entrepreneurship, macro-labour economics, climate change and natural capital degradation, with a particular focus on the interaction between firms and labour markets and the two-way relationship between environmental and economic systems. Before this, he was research consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank.

Adrian Garza

Senior Vice President, Credit Strategy and Standards

Moody’s Mexico

Arturo Gochicoa

Lead Infrastructure Officer for Mexico

IDB Invest

Alan Gómez

Latin America Engagement Lead

Task Force on Nature-related Disclosures

Alan Gómez is Latin America engagement lead at Task Force on Nature-related Disclosures. He has extensive experience in climate-sustainability management and its nexus with the financial sector. Before joining TNFD, he held various positions at the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero, the Mexican Banks Association, Det Norske Veritas and the Mexican Ministry of the Environment.

Ernesto Infante Barbosa

Senior Financial Sector Specialist

World Bank Group

Cristina Irujo de Codes

ESG Specialist

BEEL Infrastructure Partners

Cristina Irujo is environmental, social and governance specialist at Beel Infrastructure Partners. She oversees the firm’s ESG framework and supports ESG integration across investment decisions and portfolio management. She has extensive experience in advising investors and companies on sustainability strategy, environmental and social risk management, and sustainable finance. Previously, she was manager of sustainability and corporate at KPMG.

Santiago Lorenzo

Head of Unit, Change Economics

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Santiago Lorenzo is head of the climate change economics at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. His work focuses on the economic and fiscal dimensions of climate change. Before joining ECLAC, he was global climate-finance specialist at WWF. He was also deputy director-general for multilateral environmental agreements at Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico.

Mónica Lugo

Institutional Relations Director

Prodensa

José Luis Samaniego

Undersecretary of Sustainable Development and Circular Economy

SEMARNAT

Jorge Marquez

Managing Partner

Intelligencia Capital

Sarah Moloney

Editorial Director

OMFIF

Sarah Moloney is Editorial Director at OMFIF and its lead expert on sustainable and transition finance. She oversees Editorial and Production team and maintains OMFIF’s extensive network of expert authors and industry contacts. She also leads OMFIF’s editorial work on transition finance, including research into how public investors can mobilise capital to support the global transition to net zero.

Diana Muñozcano

Deputy Managing Director

Grupo INDI

Alejandro Olivo Villa

Deputy Managing Director

NADBank

Arturo Palacios Brun

Deputy Director Mexico, and Head of Sustainable Finance, Latin America

Carbon Trust

Arturo Palacios Brun is deputy director of Mexico and head of sustainable finance for Latin America at The Carbon Trust. Prior to joining the Carbon Trust, he worked at the Mexican Stock Exchange. He also collaborated with the Inter-American Development Bank and KfW on the design, planning and implementation of sustainable housing programmes.

Teresa Perez Teuffer

New Issuers and Business Development Manager

BIVA

Rodrigo Roman Pastor

Chief Investment Officer

NSC Asesores

Eduardo Ramos

Chief Executive Officer

Alom Infra

Lucila Ruiz Galindo

Senior Sales Manager and ETF Specialist Latin America

Amundi

Lucila Ruiz Galindo is senior sales manager and exchange traded fund regional specialist for Latin America at Amundi. She works with investors and market participants across LatAm, with a particular focus on ETFs and the evolving investment landscape in the region. She has contributed to industry discussions on the selection and trading of local, US and UCITS ETFs.

Santiago Salinas

Comercial and Innovation director

BIVA

Adolfo Sarmiento

Senior Advisor, Financial Services & Local Currencies

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uruguay

Adolfo Sarmiento is senior adviser in financial services and digital currencies at Foreign Affairs Ministry of Urugay. Before this, he was manager of economic policy and markets at the Central Bank of Uruguay and participated in the country’s pioneering e-Peso central-bank digital-currency pilot. He is financial-policy specialist with extensive experience in monetary policy, financial markets, payments and digital currencies.

Anne Simpson

Vice Chair

OMFIF

Anne Simpson is a Vice Chair at OMFIF, focusing on long-term asset management strategies, corporate governance and sustainability. She is a lecturer at University of California, Berkeley, a visiting fellow at Oxford University, and former Global Head of Sustainability at Franklin Templeton and Managing Investment Director,  Board Governance and Sustainability, at CalPERS, the California pension fund.

Eduardo Soto

Chief Executive Officer

Grupo Papelera Mexico

Eduardo Vaudrecourt Salcido

Co-founder

Ennova America

Eduardo Vaudrecourt Salcido is co-founder of Ennova America. He has extensive experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors in Mexico, excelling in both the public and private sectors. Prior to this, he led the development of power generation projects, including a strategic alliance with Naturgy to develop large-scale energy projects with capital expenditure exceeding $600m at Energía de América.