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Macarena Machimbarrena

Investor

Consulting Director at SAGANA

Barcelona, Spain

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

  1. SAGANAConsulting Directorcurrent2023 — present
  2. Impact Ecosystem FundAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
  3. Ship2B VenturesStrategy Lead2021 — 2023
  4. DalbergConsultant2018 — 2021Geneva, Switzerland
  5. British Asian TrustSocial Finance Manager (on secondment from Dalberg)2021
  6. Optimetriks - FieldProProject Manager2018Nairobi, Kenya
  7. WINnERS ProjectProject Manager2016 — 2018Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  8. Climate-KICJourney Participant and MSc Labelled Candidate2016 — 2017Hamburg, London, Warwick
  9. Cambridge & District Citizens Advice BureauSocial Innovation Consultant Program2014Greater Cambridge Area
  10. IRB BarcelonaResearch Assistant2014Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area
  11. Grupo Altía, I.A.P.Monitoring and evaluation Intern2013Mexico City, Mexico

Education

  1. University of CambridgeBachelor of Science (BSc), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  2. Imperial College LondonMSc, Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology

Skills & more

Spanish1Research12Public Speaking9Teamwork8PowerPoint4Microsoft Office4Microsoft Word1Microsoft ExcelAnalytical SkillsCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsProblem Solving
+2 moreStrategyLeadership

Languages English · French · Spanish

  • Certified Expert ESG and Impact Investing — Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
  • Climate KIC Entrepreunership Program ('The Journey 2016') — Climate KIC

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Colleagues at SAGANA

Adeline Permata
Senior Consulting Associate at SAGANA
Aditi Annapurna
Senior Consulting Manager at SAGANA
Aina Gaur
Assoc. Partner, Capital at SAGANA
Akash Singh
Senior Investment & Consulting Director at SAGANA
Alex Rowlett
Investment Director at SAGANA
Ananya Chatterjee
Administrative Assistant at SAGANA
Archita Adlakha
Consulting Manager at SAGANA
Arpitha Rao
Consulting Director at SAGANA

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Where does Macarena Machimbarrena work?
Macarena Machimbarrena is Consulting Director at SAGANA.

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Also attended University of Cambridge851

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Also attended Imperial College London484

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Shared employers

Also worked at Dalberg23

Hady BarrySenior Investment Associate at Ventures PlatformAkash KhandelwalSenior Associate at B4 CapitalLily LymanPartner at Underscore VCMiu KumakuraCampus Lead at The MBA FundJonathan BermanBoard Member at Factor[e] VenturesEmilie AbramsInvestment Associate at The Yield Lab Europe

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Also worked at Climate-KIC7

Scott L. CorwinInvestor at BroadscaleLucy RandsPartner at ETF PartnersAlexander KalisStrategic Adviser at Milltrust International GroupMarianne ThellersenBoard Member (PSV Foundry) at PreSeed VenturesBriana van StrijpInvestor at Anthemis VentureMarit LyngbaekPrincipal at National Grid Partners

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Also worked at IRB Barcelona3

Anna BellmuntSenior Associate at Asabys PartnersIvan BurkovJunior Partner at InkefEva Mendez CamarenaVenture Partner at Asabys Partners