Cristina Larrea, Ma Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Canada Area

Lead IISD's Flagship State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI), which aims at advancing sustainable and inclusive value chains by providing credible and solutions-oriented research, dialogue and strategic advice for decision-makers about voluntary sustainability standards and other supportive initiatives.

Montreal, Canada Area

Collaborate with Dr. Paola Perez Aleman- Professor of Strategy and Organization at the Desautels Faculty of Management 1. Create a case study on Impact Investment in Tanzania for undergraduate and Masters' students. Assess students' resolution of the case (2016-2020)2. Guest Lecturer (2021): Developing a theory of change for international development interventions3. Guest Lecturer (2022): Impact measurement: Examples from international development projects

Montreal, Canada Area

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is a treaty-based international, inter-governmental organization dedicated to supporting and promoting strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in developing countries and emerging economies. It was established in 2012 at the Rio +20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.• Build a bankable and impactful project pipeline led by agricultural and forestry SMEs in Costa Rica to attract private capital for co-investment with the Environmental Bank Foundation (FUNBAM) in the following areas: biodiversity conservation, sustainable landscape management and water resources • Conduct project financial, impact and risk analysis. Propose investment deal flow, credit terms and conditions

Montreal, Canada Area

Financial Inclusion and Impact Investing• Lead the development of a bankable pipeline of social and environmentally responsible rural SMEs in Tanzania, El Salvador and The Caribbean to access credit from local and international FIs, through the provision of training, analytics and matchmaking services to SMEs and FIs• Coordinate the production of market intelligence for FIs: investment guides sector and country specific (i.e. agriculture markets in Tanzania, sweet potato in the Caribbean, sustainable timber in Bolivia); financial reporting based on housed primary data• Assist the adaptation of financial literacy materials (i.e. language, content and exercises) addressed at rural micro-enterprises in Tanzania with limited knowledge on the subjectKey results • 40% of pre-selected and coached SMEs in the Caribbean are successfully invited to submit a credit application• Investment guide on the sweet potato sector in the CARIFORUM region. A grounded initial overview of the market potential and possible investment opportunities in selected countries

Montreal, Canada Area

Financial Inclusion and Impact Investing Project Direction: • Build a bankable impact-oriented pipeline of agricultural SMEs’ in Tanzania through the provision of training and matchmaking services to SMEs and FIs• Development of an impact measurement framework to measure the social, economic and environmental performance of investments in the forestry sector • Market intelligence: coordinate the design, implementation and reporting of two international surveys: “ Global Investments in Sustainable Tropical Forestry” & “ Investments in Palm Oil in Latin America and the Caribbean” Key Results• 10 selected Tanzanian SMEs (out of 36 screened) trained and coached in financial management: investment plans and pre-credit application forms developed to present them to investors highlighting their potential sustainable development impact. 4 obtained finance, a total of 1.6 million USD disbursed• 4 modules on financial literacy for SMEs adapted to Tanzanian context. Translation of materials into Swahili: debt finance in practice; risk management; accounting; debt management• Final report “Survey of Investments in Palm Oil in Latin America and the Caribbean” , published by Pro-Forest• Guidelines to the use of impact indicators for investments in natural forest/plantations SIAMT 2.0

Montreal, Canada

Financial Inclusion and Impact Investing• Analyse rural SMEs'​ business profiles and investment plans for selection and matching with investors considering economic, financial, social and environmental impacts• Co-coordinate the organization of business round-tables between selected SMEs and investors in Costa Rica, Bolivia and Peru to present SMEs' investment plans• Conduct market research on the sustainable cocoa sector in Latin America and the Caribbean• Key speaker at the international conferences and seminars on impact investingLocations include: Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, USA, Canada and The NetherlandsImpact Evaluation• Lead in partnership with IRIS - from The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) - the development of a framework and a set of indicators to measure investment's impact in agriculture SMEs (economic-social-environmental)• Build and manage strategic relationships with industry stakeholders (over 70) for the design and use of the set of impact indicators• Coordinate the collection and analysis of impact data received from investors from their agriculture portfolio (2009-2012)• Represent FAST at IRIS Advisory CommitteeKey Results• Report: “A brief overview of the sustainable cocoa sector in LAC”• Impact measurement framework: SIAMT 1.0: agriculture focus• Incorporation of a set of indicators in IRIS (The GIIN)• First report on impact of investments in sustainable agriculture SMEs: investments from 8 investors in 417 SMEs; a total of 477 million US$ disbursed analysed

Montreal, Canada Area

Development of SAFA: Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture Systems• Review a draft version of SAFA' s economic dimension framework (themes, subthemes and a preliminary set of indicators)• Design indicators specific for three levels of the food chain (primary production, processing, marketing/retailing) to enable sustainability performance assessment of the enterprise and farmer • Develop indicator methodological sheet: description; relevance to the enterprise/ producer in terms of sustainability compliance; detailed guidelines on how to measure it; assessment guidelines for rating and weighting of practicesResult• SAFA indicator set and guidelines for the economic resilient dimension (version 2.0)

Mexico D.F.

Economic Inclusion and Sustainable Development• Design and implement a participatory rural diagnostic in two regions of the state of Guerrero with local communities and community-based organizations to identify major development needs • Conduct relevant research into civil society participation in local government in five municipalities of southern-eastern Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas)• Monitor the economic initiatives of local micro-enterprises supported by Enlace CC in Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero and Puebla, some of them led by women• Represent Enlace CC in the Latin-American association “ALOP” (Asociación Latinoamericana de Organismos de Promoción al Desarrollo) in the preparation for the round tables of the trade agreements negotiations between the European Union with Central America and with MexicoKey Results• Regional diagnostic (political, economical, socio-cultural and environmental). Preliminary set of priorities for the Regional Development Program• Policy recommendations on strengthening participatory local governance in the five municipalities analysed (publication)

Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico

Economic Inclusion and Sustainable Development• Lead the regional project (strategic, operational and financial) in coordination with indigenous communities and rural organizations of the rainforest• Manage the operational and administrative team (15 people). Coordination with ~ 690 direct beneficiaries• Lead the promotion of sustainable natural resources management practices • Coordinate the establishment of rural micro-enterprises and cooperatives with local communities, including women led cooperatives (coffee,livestock,maize,non-timber products,poultry,fruits,vegetables and art-craft) . Support their business development,market access and the use of credit/savings funds• Evaluate public programs (Oportunidades, Prodesis, Procede) addressed at promoting sustainable development in the region; it included gender-based analysis• Lead initiatives to strengthen democratic governance of rural organizations (i.e indigenous rights,women participation in public life, gender equity,intercultural education); support conflict resolutionKey Results• A women-led cooperative made of eight producing groups for food sovereignty and income generation• A micro-credit and saving fund managed by the cooperative. Increase of 20% of the fund • Establishment of two cooperatives of certified organic coffee and eco-livestock. Participation of the former in the export market• 100 women and 60 men trained in coop. management and administration, market access, product and business development• 24 has of coffee, 10 has of pasture land and 12 has of maize sustainably managed• First phase implementation of a natural resource management plan for a protected area (> 100 has: forest, maize, coffee, livestock, and water)• 100 community leaders trained in organizational development, social cohesion and conflict resolution. Positive experiences obtained in land property conflicts • From 5 financial sponsors in 2004 to 11 sponsors in 2007. An increase by 35% of revenue

Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico

Project ManagerSustainable Development• Manage the project: intercultural education in the Lacandon rainforest: design-planning-implementation-monitoring-evaluation• Co-coordinate the assessment of educational conditions and learning needs of local indigenous communities to update the primary education program ECIDEA (Educacion Comunitaria Indigena para el Desarrollo Autonomo) run by an autochthon organization (Lumaltik Nopteswanej A.C.)• Advice and support the upgrade of ECIDEA: curricula, training of teachers, bilingual materials• Lead the implementation of a political strategy in coordination with the federal Ministry of Education to design new intercultural education programs at national level adapted to different contexts • Conduct research into the state of fulfillment of the right to education of indigenous people in Chiapas• Participate actively in Latin-American networks of intercultural education, educational policy, and community of knowledgeKey Results• 4 schools implemented the redesigned program ECIDEA as a pilot project • An inter-ministry commission from federal and regional government was established to guide and monitor the pilot• ECIDEA was chosen to be systematized as a major educational resource for policy development at federal level• Research’ s findings and recommendations on the right to education of indigenous people were presented to the CESCR Committee of UN in 2006

Oaxaca De Juárez Area, Mexico

• Implement a mid-term evaluation of the project “the seed of projects” aiming at capacity-building of youth community based organisations in Oaxaca• Conduct a preliminary assessment of Milpas' organizational project to support strategic planning; development of recommendations

London, United Kingdom

• Support the development of proposals of social development projects• Design and manage the external consultant database to be used at international tenders

Preparation Course- Project Management Professional Certificate

Study Modules of PMBOK and Project Management Professional Certificate: Scope Management, Schedule Management, Cost Management, Quality.

Executive Development Course - Mba Series, Business Administration And Management, Executive Institute

Accounting and Finance Strategic Analysis Marketing Human Resources Skills Managerial Negotiations

Master Of Arts (M.A.), School Of Global Development

Dissertation: “Observation of the empowerment process model on women and Dalits groups working with NGOs under the NPLAP project in rural.

Course, La Politique De Concurrence Face À La Mondialisation Et L´Élargissement De L´Union Européenne

Summer course: July 1999

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Management And Administration, Certificate Of Erasmus Programme

Bachelor'S Degree Business Management And Administration