Co-founderImago Global Grassroots
I founded IMAGOGG, a nonprofit that works with grassroots, social entrepreneurs and governments around the world to scale up innovations from the Base of the Pyramid.
I also teach “Scaling up for Development Impact” at Harvard Kennedy School since 2014, executive education for the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs and for the Bernard Van Leer Foundation.
I am an economist, worked at the World Bank for most of my professional life, including as VP for South Asia where I managed a 39 billion dollar portfolio, between 2008 and 2013. Before that I was a Country Director for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Peru and Paraguay.
I am part of the UN HIgh Level Panel on Digital Cooperation and frequent guest at CNN Dinero.