Francisco Avendano is IFC’s global focal point for climate assessment and sustainable finance offering across investment products. Before joining IFC, he worked for over 18 years on innovative climate business origination and investment mobilization private for Infrastructure, Power, Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Financial Intermediaries in China, SE Asia, Middle East, Brazil, Peru and Mexico. PhD studies in the Department of Physics and MSc degree from the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Rochester NY.