Carlos Serrano

Carlos Serrano is the Principal Operations Officer, a seasoned leader in Climate Finance Advisory & Knowledge Services, he has a career spanning over 35 years in senior banking positions across four continents, including institutions such as BBVA Group, Inter-American Development Bank, BID Invest, and since 2013, IFC, where at FIG, he has significantly contributed to promoting sustainability in the banking industry.
Previously, he served as IFC’s Climate Finance Advisory and Knowledge Services Lead for the Latin-American Financial Sector, providing strategic support and founding the Green Banking Academy (GBAC). Under his leadership, GBAC mobilized US$3.7 billion in climate finance, provided climate advisory to 40 institutions from 15 countries, trained 43,000 professionals, and awarded 813 climate finance scholarships.
Carlos has held various roles within IFC, including FIG LAC Access to Finance Program Manager & South America Hub Leader, and Global Relationship Manager for some of IFC’s top clients, including Santander, BBVA, and FELABAN (Regional Banking Association for Latin America). He serves as an Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Finance at IE University in Madrid and holds law degree from CEU University, Madrid, an International MBA from IE Business School, a Diploma in Finance from GSB at Stanford University, and a Diploma in Sustainable Finance from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership.