Santos Díaz
InvestorInvestment Associate at Impact Bridge Asset Management SGIIC SA
Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area
About
Santos Díaz is an Investment Associate at Impact Bridge Asset Management, a Spanish impact asset manager with over €500 million in assets under management, where he supports the origination and structuring of impact debt investments in the energy transition sector. He holds a Ph.D. from IIT-Comillas with research affiliation at MIT, focusing on the intersection of electrification planning, regulation, and finance, and has contributed to projects with the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and GIZ across Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. He is also co-founder of YSI Energy, a platform translating electricity markets and energy policy for consumers and practitioners.
Experience
- Impact Bridge Asset Management SGIICInvestment Associatecurrent2022 — present
- African School of RegulationExternal Expert Associatecurrent2025 — present
- Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL)Senior Officercurrent2025 — present
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbHInternational Consultantcurrent2023 — present
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)International Consultantcurrent2024 — present
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyResearch Affiliatecurrent2024 — present
- Instituto de Investigación TecnológicaResearch Assistantcurrent2020 — present
- @ysi_energyCo-Foundercurrent2022 — present
- Waya EnergyBusiness and Financial Consultant2018 — 2022
- Red EléctricaMarket Advisor2017 — 2018
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyVisiting Ph.D. Student
- Universidad Pontificia ComillasPh.D. Candidate in Power Systems
- CeleraCelera Talent Program
- Universidad Pontificia ComillasM.Sc. in the Electric Power Industry (MEPI)
- Universidad Pontificia ComillasM.Sc. in Industrial Engineering (MII)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)M.Sc. Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen
- Universidad Politécnica de MadridB.Sc. Industrial Engineering
Skills & more
Energy RegulationEconomicsEnergy MarketsEngineeringPublic SpeakingAnalytical SkillsEnergy IndustryVisual BasicMicrosoft OfficeMatlabC++R
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SimulinkMicrosoft ExcelTeamworkTeam LeadershipMultinacionalRenewable Energy MarketsRenewable Energy SystemsPSS/EUtility IndustryLanguages English · German · Spanish
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Colleagues at Impact Bridge Asset Management SGIIC SA
Alejandra Pereda
Cogestora de IB Impact Debt - Cogestora de IB Impact Direct Debt at Impact Bridge Asset Management SGIIC SA
Álvaro Navarro
Responsable de Impacto at Impact Bridge Asset Management SGIIC SA
Arturo Benito
CEO - Cofundador at Impact Bridge Asset Management SGIIC SA
Carlos de Abajo
Managing Partner - Cogestor de IB Sustainable Agrifood Fund at Impact Bridge Asset Management SGIIC SA
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Carlota de Novales
Analista de Impacto at Impact Bridge Asset Management SGIIC SA
Fernando Sanz-Pastor
Managing Partner - Cogestor de IB Sustainable Agrifood Fund at Impact Bridge Asset Management SGIIC SA
Flavia Bernar
Asociada de Inversiones at Impact Bridge Asset Management SGIIC SA
Ignacio López
Abogado at Impact Bridge Asset Management SGIIC SA
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