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About
Macarena Machimbarrena is a Director at Sagana, where she advises foundations, governments, and development finance institutions on mobilizing private capital for impact in emerging and frontier markets, with a focus on catalytic and blended finance structures. Her work has supported the deployment of over USD 40 million across blended finance funds and financial institutions in the Global South, and she co-authored Project Catalyst mapping 126 fund managers overseeing USD 7.9 billion in gender lens investments. Previously, she held strategy and advisory roles at Ship2B Ventures in Barcelona and Dalberg Advisors in Geneva, where she worked on market-incentive facilities, development finance partnerships, and outcomes-based instruments, and she currently co-leads a university-based initiative on impact investing and innovative finance education.
Experience
- SAGANAConsulting Directorcurrent2023 — present
- Impact Ecosystem FundAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
- Ship2B VenturesStrategy Lead2021 — 2023
- DalbergConsultant2018 — 2021Geneva, Switzerland
- British Asian TrustSocial Finance Manager (on secondment from Dalberg)2021
Skills & more
Languages English · French
- Certified Expert ESG and Impact Investing — Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
- Climate KIC Entrepreunership Program ('The Journey 2016') — Climate KIC
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Macarena Machimbarrena?
- Macarena Machimbarrena is a Director at Sagana, where she advises foundations, governments, and development finance institutions on mobilizing private capital for impact in emerging and frontier markets, with a focus on catalytic and blended finance structures. Her work has supported the deployment of over USD 40 million across blended finance funds and financial institutions in the Global South, and she co-authored Project Catalyst mapping 126 fund managers overseeing USD 7.9 billion in gender lens investments. Previously, she held strategy and advisory roles at Ship2B Ventures in Barcelona and Dalberg Advisors in Geneva, where she worked on market-incentive facilities, development finance partnerships, and outcomes-based instruments, and she currently co-leads a university-based initiative on impact investing and innovative finance education.
- Where does Macarena Machimbarrena work?
- Macarena Machimbarrena is Consulting Director at SAGANA.
- Where did Macarena Machimbarrena go to school?
- Macarena Machimbarrena studied at University of Cambridge (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology); Imperial College London (MSc, Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology).
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Also worked at Ship2B Ventures3
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