Gerardo Ampudia is a Financial Innovation Consultant at Climate Policy Initiative, based in Mexico City, where he designs blended finance solutions that mobilize private capital for climate resilience, nature, and development across Latin America.

He contributes to the design and implementation of innovative climate finance instruments under the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, including the development of a blended finance vehicle for climate resilience in Colombia. Gerardo also leads select advisory engagements in the region, including a housing finance assessment for a prominent NGO in Mexico and a mapping of financial instruments for integrated fire management in Latin America and the Caribbean for a leading environmental advocacy organization.

In addition, he supports the Finance in Common Innovation Lab (FiCS Lab), helping public development banks design innovative financing structures for emerging markets and developing economies, and contributed to a CPI workshop on financial innovation for public development banks in Latin America.

Before joining CPI, Gerardo advised investors on buy-side and sell-side commercial due diligence at L.E.K. Consulting. He previously spent five years at Nazca, a Mexico City-based venture capital firm investing in Latin American startups, where he sourced and screened investment opportunities and helped manage the fund’s portfolio. Gerardo holds an MBA and an MS in Environment and Sustainability from the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute, and a BBA from Universidad Iberoamericana.