Camillo Santa

Camillo Santa

Biodiversity & Natural Capital Specialist, Inter America Development Bank (IADB)

With over 15 years of professional experience in public, private and international sector, Camilo has been recognized at the Finance for Nature Global Summit in Edinburgh ‘19 and by the New York Forest Declaration at the UNGA ‘18 for facilitating the transition to a Regenerative Economy.

Founding Partner at Banca Sostenible and former advisor to IDBs Natural Capital Lab & WBs Connect4Climate Multi Donor Trust Fund in Wahington DC.

‘19 he joined the Natural Capital Lab at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC, where he advised on finance innovation and public policy for biodiversity and climate.

‘17 he Co-Founded the Sustainable Investment Bank for the Pacific Alliance (Banca de Inversión Sostenible) after consulting for the World Bank as Outreach & Liaison for Latin America on the Multi Donor Trust Fund - Connect4Climate, and having acted as Country Director on the Impact Investing Fund of the Nobel Peace Prize Prof. Muhammad Yunus – Yunus Negocios Sociales Colombia.

‘15 he was awarded the Global Competitiveness Leadership Scholarship at Georgetown Univerity for his international record as Conscious Entrepreneur and Social Disruptor having Co-Founded Agua SIEMBRA ‘15 and TECHO Colombia ’07.

He has lectured at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia and Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico, and acted as Key Note Speaker at Global Summits like the GSMA Mobile 360 Latin America to present to world leaders in the mobile sector on the use of blockchain and crypto currencies for climate finance, and the G20 Global Business Workshop, on opportunities with the Base of the Pyramid, among other.

Currently he supports several of the National Advisory Boards for Impact Investing across Latin America and acts as consultant and board member for different conscious companies.