ERM at the 2nd Latin American Congress on Sustainable and Inclusive Banking

Panel: Climate risk and the impact on the financial system

Sandra has 15 years of experience in the design, execution, and evaluation of sustainable development strategies linked to the private and public sectors and international cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean. She has led projects in 14 countries on the following topics: ESG risks, sustainable finances, socio-environmental conflict prevention strategies, and local development plans, including approaches to social inclusion and productive diversification. On Sustainable Finance, she has contributed to the growth of the Latin American market, leading more than 50 projects on this topic and many pioneers in their respective countries in green and sustainable debt instruments.

In the academic field, Sandra has a master’s degree in Environment and Development, graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and received a scholarship from the Chevening Awards. He has publications on corporate sustainability and has given conferences at international events such as the World Resources Forum 2021, 2017, and 2023 (Geneva) and different investor and stock market forums in Latin America.

Panel: Environmental and social risk management systems for financial institutions

As a Partner for Northern Latin America, Mr. Simonelli leads the Corporate Advisory teams supporting Sustainability Strategy and Sustainable Finance, bridging capital flow to assets in the region, and levering local ESG capabilities to meet requirements such as IFC PS, EP IV, TCFD, SASB, ISSB, TCFD, TNFD, and others.

Based in CDMX, Mexico, and has worked throughout the Latin American and Caribbean region, he focuses on Sustainable Finance, Capital Markets and Taxonomy, and Circularity, embedding those into Corporate Sustainability, Disclosure, and Reporting.

Engineer by training, Juan has a background in regulatory development, Environmental Public Policy Making, International Negotiation, & Diplomacy. He has developed his professional career supporting major private firms of diverse industrial branches, world-class research centers in Academia, Government, and United Nations Entities.