Alvaro Espitia

Director for LATAM, Athena Global

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.