Alvaro Espitia
Alvaro Espitia is the Director for LATAM at Athena Global, where he advises partners in both the private and public sectors in the development of Impact-Linked Finance solutions. Working at Athena, Alvaro has recently led SME/entrepreneurial financing projects in the Northern Triangle and the Caribbean and the development and implementation of an impact-linked model for Impact Fund in Southeast Asia.
Before joining Athena Global, Alvaro worked as a consultant in trade and regional integration at the World Bank, working on global projects (including gender and climate) and as a data and portfolio analytics consultant at Invictus Group, a strategic intelligence firm specializing in community banks M&A.
Alvaro has been part of the founding team of two SMEs: the Financial Manager and Business Designer for the rollout of a US$ 550K company focused on serving working mothers in Latin America and leading the rollout of a School for Sustainability and Entrepreneurship for communities in post-conflict zones in Colombia.