Americas transition finance summit
2026 is a pivotal year for transition finance. Disruption to global energy supplies has exposed the urgent need to phase out fossil fuels for sustainability as well as sovereignty concerns. Latin America, a region that depends on fossil fuels for two-thirds of its energy, feels this more than most. At the same time, hostility to climate action in the US means some investors are choosing to send their capital elsewhere. Latin America is in prime position to reap the benefits of this.
The Americas transition finance summit, hosted by OMFIF and Bolsa Institucional de Valores, aims to go beyond the transition finance space and reach the people with the firepower to transform the region’s financial ecosystem. By bringing together investors, asset managers, development banks, listed corporates and small and medium-sized enterprises, the impact on and needs of the real economy will be front and centre.
Taking place in Mexico City, the summit builds on OMFIF’s 2023 Global transition finance summit, hosted with the Singapore Stock Exchange in Singapore. It forms part of OMFIF’s Transition Finance Working Group programme, which analyses the concerns and priorities of global investors in the transition finance landscape, with major research reports launching at COP29.
As a global convenor of the public and private sector, OMFIF provides a trusted, global platform for critical conversations. The Americas transition finance summit will advance practical solutions and innovative approaches to the region’s climate financing needs, creating opportunities for investors, policy-makers and banks alike.
Speakers
Maria Ariza
Chief Executive Officer
Bolsa Institucional de Valores
Maria Ariza
Chief Executive Officer
Bolsa Institucional de Valores
Alfonso Blanco
Director, Energy Transition and Climate
The Inter-American Dialogue
Alfonso Blanco
Director, Energy Transition and Climate
The Inter-American Dialogue
Marina Brenden
Sustainable Finance Senior Officer
Global Green Growth Institute
Marina Brenden
Sustainable Finance Senior Officer
Global Green Growth Institute
Mariuz Calvet
Chair, ESG Commission
Mexican Banking Association
Mariuz Calvet
Chair, ESG Commission
Mexican Banking Association
Andrea Correa
Head of Research
OMFIF
Andrea Correa
Head of Research
OMFIF
Jonas David
Research Director
the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute
Jonas David
Research Director
the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute
Ricardo De Vecchi
Head of Sustainable Public-Private Partnerships
IDV Invest
Ricardo De Vecchi
Head of Sustainable Public-Private Partnerships
IDV Invest
Erwin de Nys
Manager of Environment and Social Operations of the Latin America and Caribbean Region
the World Bank
Erwin de Nys
Manager of Environment and Social Operations of the Latin America and Caribbean Region
the World Bank
Geronimo Fernandez
Managing Director
BEEL Infrastructure Partners
Geronimo Fernandez
Managing Director
BEEL Infrastructure Partners
Gonzalo Garcia-Trujillo
Senior Economist
Banco Central de Chile
Gonzalo Garcia-Trujillo
Senior Economist
Banco Central de Chile
Santiago Lorenzo
Head of Unit, Change Economics
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Santiago Lorenzo
Head of Unit, Change Economics
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Sarah Moloney
Editorial Director
OMFIF
Sarah Moloney
Editorial Director
OMFIF
Arturo Palacios
Deputy Director Mexico, and Head of Sustainable Finance, Latin America
Carbon Trust
Arturo Palacios
Deputy Director Mexico, and Head of Sustainable Finance, Latin America
Carbon Trust
Eric Parrado
Managing Director for Central America, Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic and Haiti
IDB Invest
Eric Parrado
Managing Director for Central America, Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic and Haiti
IDB Invest
Lucila Ruiz Galindo
Senior Sales Manager and ETF Specialist Latin America
Amundi
Lucila Ruiz Galindo
Senior Sales Manager and ETF Specialist Latin America
Amundi
Adolfo Sarmiento
Senior Advisor, Financial Services & Local Currencies
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uruguay
Adolfo Sarmiento
Senior Advisor, Financial Services & Local Currencies
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uruguay
Anne Simpson
Vice Chair
OMFIF
Anne Simpson
Vice Chair
OMFIF
Paula Suarez
Deputy for Ecuador
Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action
Paula Suarez
Deputy for Ecuador
Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action
Felipe Vallejo
President
Mexican Fintech Association
Felipe Vallejo
President
Mexican Fintech Association
Eduardo Vaudrecourt Salcido
Co-founder
Ennova America
Eduardo Vaudrecourt Salcido
Co-founder
Ennova America
Co-host
