{"id":60421,"date":"2023-11-22T19:57:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T19:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/?post_type=cpi_peoples&p=60421"},"modified":"2025-07-17T20:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:51:16","slug":"maria-ruiz-sierra","status":"publish","type":"cpi_peoples","link":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/id\/people\/maria-ruiz-sierra\/","title":{"rendered":"Mar\u00eda Ruiz Sierra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mar\u00eda Ruiz leads CPI’s innovative finance work for Latin America & the Caribbean. She leads the LAC regional program of the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance<\/a>, supports the Catalytic Climate Finance Facility<\/a> and is an advisor of the ClimateShot Investor Coalition (CLIC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With over eleven years of experience in both the private and public sectors, she has leveraged her background in finance to advance initiatives that promote social and environmental impact across the LAC region. She has a particular focus on innovative financial instruments for nature-based solutions and sustainable agrifood systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before joining CPI, she was Head of Sustainable Investment at\u202fSURA Investments<\/a>, a leading Latin American asset manager with over USD 20 billion in assets under management. She developed and led the incorporation of ESG and climate analysis into investment strategies for institutional investors in multiple asset classes and geographies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She’s an advocate of sustainable investment and is actively involved in multiple initiatives supporting the evolution of climate and nature finance in LAC: She is a member of the GRI Capital Markets Technical Committee and PACTA Methodology Advisory Committee. She is a mentor of climate startups in the Catalist Initiative<\/a> in LAC. She’s the co-founder of Di\u00e1logos por el Clima LatAm, an investor-led collaborative climate engagement initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mar\u00eda holds an MSc. in Sustainable Development from the University of Sussex (UK)<\/a> that she obtained as a Chevening Scholar; and a degree in Business Management and a graduate degree in Finance from EAFIT University<\/a> (Colombia).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":60453,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"team":[1228],"programs":[395],"regions":[1811],"topics":[871,1195,161,765],"class_list":["post-60421","cpi_peoples","type-cpi_peoples","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team-analysts-and-programs","programs-global-innovation-lab-for-climate-finance","regions-latin-america-and-the-caribbean","topics-blended-finance","topics-decarbonization-and-net-zero-goals","topics-institutional-investment","topics-natural-capital"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMar\u00eda Ruiz Sierra - CPI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mar\u00eda Ruiz Sierra is a Senior Associate at CPI, based in San Francisco, leading the Latin American program of The Lab.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/id\/people\/maria-ruiz-sierra\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"id_ID\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mar\u00eda Ruiz Sierra - 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