Luis Alejandro Mejía

Luis Alejandro is an executive with more than 25 years of experience in the financial, corporate, investment, and sustainable development sectors. He currently serves as Principal Officer and Head of Climate and Environment for the Financial sector at IDB Invest, where he leads advisory work for investment funds, financial institutions, and capital markets across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Throughout his career, he has advised on the structuring of pioneering, high-impact thematic instruments, including sustainable, green, blue, and sustainability-linked bonds and securitizations. Before joining the IDB Group, Luis led the development of the first green financing facilities for renewable energy and sustainable transportation and spearheaded the world’s first issuance of forestry carbon credits on NYSE Blue.

In 2011, he received the IDB’s planetBanking Award for his innovative leadership in advancing sustainable finance in Central America. Luis Alejandro is an agricultural engineer who pursued specialized studies in Israel and holds an MBA with a concentration in Sustainable Development from INCAE Business School.