Education
He received a Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988, and Master of Science (1985) and Bachelor of Science (1983) degrees from Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru.
He received a Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988, and Master of Science (1985) and Bachelor of Science (1983) degrees from Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru.
and Bachelor of Science (1983) degrees from Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru. Previously, he was the Managing Director of Sustainable Forestry Management (SFM) for the Americas, where he was responsible for seminal investments that generated the first carbon credits from native plantations and forest conservation. He has been the Head of Biodiversity at the Global Environment Facility, the largest source of funds to address global environmental challenges, and a Lead Environmental Specialist at the World Bank.
In 2013, he was one of the two high-level independent international experts engaged by the United Nations to assess the social end ecological impacts of the Barro Blanco Dam in Panama, which found serious consultation deficiencies in indigenous communities.
World Wildlife Fund, Washington, District of Columbia.
In December 2013 he was selected as a Member of the World Bank"s Inspection Panel and in November 2014 became its eleventh Chairman. Chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Development Issues in South-Central Peru, as well as President of various companies and a Member of the Supervisory Council of Wetlands International.