Luis Fernando Sanchez Alegre Email & Phone Number

Peru

As founder and principal consultant, I lead our commitment to more sustainable operations through economic valuation of environmental impacts and strategic consulting. My role is a blend of commercial leadership and technical excellence, ensuring we exceed client expectations in regards to environmental impact assessments and align with the latest regulatory standards and sustainability objectives.Expanding our offering, we have started to offer consulting services to help businesses align with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), providing a structured approach to reporting environmental risks and opportunities, helped by digital tools. Additionally, we've introduced digital solutions designed to increase operational efficiency, leveraging technology to enhance our clients' environmental strategy execution.

Participating in Cohort 4 of the Climatebase Fellowship. Leading a capstone project related to ESG reporting and software.

Climate Vine is a selective membership community of global climate leaders that unlocks ideas, talent, and capital by bringing together experts with diverse backgrounds, ranging from policy, investment, corporate, non-profit, entrepreneurship, tech, and science. The inaugural cohort is focused on unlocking public funding for climate research, policy and innovation in the US and around the world.

In leveraging my extensive knowledge and expertise within this sector, I have acted as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on economic valuation of environmental impact and cost-benefit analysis of projects and policies. My role involves developing qualitative and quantitative tools for primary data collection, analyzing data for elaboration of baseline and economic studies, and providing insights on sustainable economic development. Currently, my focus is in reporting socio environmental impacts reporting on the internationalization of externalities through project formulation under ESG financing framework. My expertise in this area has been honed through various accomplishments, such as presenting and defending the EIA of a greenfield copper mine with over $4B USD in Capex and other brownfield projects. I have also been consulted by the Peruvian forestry authority to assess economic incentives on peruvian forestry law legislation published in 2014. These consultations have enabled me to showcase my ability to provide sound economic advice on environmentally sensitive issues.In addition to my consultancy work, I have also conducted academic research on various environmental topics, including water-food-energy systems, fisheries, greenhouses, and the relationship between economic growth and the environment. Overall, my experience as an Independent Environmental Economics Consultant has allowed me to develop a deep understanding of environmental and sustainability issues while using my economic expertise to provide insights on sustainable economic development.

Tokyo, Japan

During my tenure, I have had the privilege of leading various teams focused on internal improvement projects, B2B and B2C support, and overseeing the company's operational goals. Starting as the Head Project Manager in a startup company focused on ticketing and streaming, I have been promoted through roles to my current position.One of my main responsibilities is to identify and set operational team goals while defining and monitoring KPIs. This ensures that all projects are completed within budget and on time. I work collaboratively with developers to create actionable development roadmaps and engage and communicate with stakeholders throughout new product releases.Throughout this time, I have accomplished several notable achievements, including reducing headcount by 50% without compromising operations with back-end system automations. I also spearheaded the implementation of an incident management program that resulted in zero complaints from B2B customers. Additionally, I created data dashboards using SQL, Elastic Search, Google Analytics and Amplitude to support sales, marketing, and operational insights.Furthermore, I built and led the scalability of new teams, including project managers, operators, and streaming operations. I also led the implementation of an in-house streaming solution based on AWS infrastructure, which proved beneficial due to the effects of COVID-19. My efforts led to shifting 90% of accounts from third-party streaming solutions to our internal streaming product in 2020.Overall, these accomplishments have contributed to a cumulative GMV of $120M USD since 2020, serving over 1.5M end-users across 20K events. In addition, I defined a data scheme and implemented a data search engine tool (ElasticSearch, Redshift), producing data dashboards. Finally, I defined B2C support KPIs resulting in a reduced First Response Time by 70% and a reduced Resolution Time by 50%.

Within 23 Wards, Tokyo, Japan

With GNC Japan, I spearheaded the successful launch of a leading health supplement brand in the niche and burgeoning Japanese health & wellness industry. My role involved ensuring that all products complied 100% with Japanese regulations for individual cross-border imports, defining a list of products and pricing for market entry, and establishing SOPs and KPIs for eCommerce operations based on cross-border operations.To complete logistic-related tasks for importing products from the USA to an Okinawa military base, I worked closely with the operations team. This helped us to ensure that the products were delivered on time, and in good condition.One of my key achievements during this time was launching products on Amazon Japan in May 2019, which produced ¥1M in sales within the first 3 months of using organic marketing. Additionally, we opened the GNC Kadena store in May 2019, which reached ¥12M in sales within the first 4 months. To further expand our reach, I also produced the GNC Japan domain in July 2019, achieving ¥2M in sales within the first 3 months of using social media marketing.My experience here has enabled me to develop a deep understanding of the Japanese market, and how to effectively launch and market a world-leading health supplement brand in this sector.

Lima Province, Peru

I pinpointed key potential revenue streams and defining a sales funnel for Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Management (EPCM) and environmental consultancy services. I also served as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on economic valuation of environmental impact projects, leading a team of 15 field employees. In this role, I was entrusted with creating commercial and financial proposals, negotiating sales closures, and collaborating with clients on ongoing work claims, negotiating fees and deliverables. I presented to national authorities as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for retrieving environmental permits and obtained firsthand data by visiting sites and communicating with stakeholders. I also led the technical and economic analysis for over 30 projects in various industries, including mining, oil, gas, energy, and infrastructure, with a total investment of $5MM USD. Additionally, I handled 10+ field study campaigns in remote areas, evaluating sites. During my tenure, I successfully won a detailed engineering contract for the conversion of a Zinc smelter for $1M USD with a capital expenditure of $45M USD and led a $2.5M USD negotiation for monitoring environmental services claims of a gas pipeline construction project in Peru.

Canberra, Australia

Provided research support while completing demanding coursework in the field of resource economics (water-food-energy system and fisheries).

Lima, Peru

Financial analysis, private equity valuation, and auditing processes. Opened lines of communication with Auditors for holding companies overseas.

Coordinated the execution of tasks for the development of infrastructure projects in the hospitality and service sectors from its inception to its delivery. Projects were included in Japan, Indonesia and Palau.

Masters, Environmental And Natural Resource Economics, 79.25/100

Activities and Societies: Crawford School Students Association Focus on natural resource management and policy implications. Quantitative.

Bachelor'S Degree, Biobusiness Management, 3.28/4.00

Activities and Societies: International Student Association, International Student Summit Awarded scholarship to continue bachelor studies.