Transition Finance brings decades of experience integrating various sources of finance into a broader ecosystem of opportunities that supports the green transition. This includes strategic advice for early-stage financing opportunities and support for all aspects of the carbon and plastic credit cycles.

Oversaw Verra’s flagship program (the Verified Carbon Standard, or VCS, Program), including its ongoing development and evolution to ensure it follows the latest scientific evidence and best practices, its work overseeing independent auditors, and the development of corresponding infrastructure (e.g., registry) to enable the transparent listing of projects and the trading of carbon credits.Spearheaded efforts to broaden the scope of the organization’s certification programs by… Show more Oversaw Verra’s flagship program (the Verified Carbon Standard, or VCS, Program), including its ongoing development and evolution to ensure it follows the latest scientific evidence and best practices, its work overseeing independent auditors, and the development of corresponding infrastructure (e.g., registry) to enable the transparent listing of projects and the trading of carbon credits.Spearheaded efforts to broaden the scope of the organization’s certification programs by developing and incorporating new certification programs designed to foster sustainable development (the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards, and the Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard, or SD VISta) and tackle plastic pollution (the Plastic Waste Reduction Standard).Oversaw the organization’s growth from two people when it first started to more than 140 staff when he left, along with all of the management systems this growth entailed. Show less

Directed a joint venture that developed a portfolio of 15 landfill gas to energy CDM projects worldwide, and also led company's efforts in the voluntary sector.

Identified, designed and managed activities to strengthen Mexico’s ability to address the challenges posed by climate change, including the development of activities to promote technologies and/or projects that reduced greenhouse gas emissions.