Henry González

In his earlier tenure at the fund, he was the Executive Director ad-interim, the Deputy Executive Director and the director of its Private Sector Facility.

He has 30 years of professional experience across sustainable and impact investing, emerging markets and political and economic development. Prior to joining GCF, between 2013 and 2021, Henry held an earlier tenure as an Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School where he directed the Oxford Fundamentals of Sustainable Investing Programme, and was a Lead Financial Sector Specialist for CGAP, the World Bank-housed financial inclusion think tank.

He also served as member of senior management and Global Head of Research and Advisory at responsAbility Investments AG (part of the M&G group), where he led thought leadership, technical assistance and environmental, social and governance/impact integration strategies across the sectors of finance, climate and agriculture.

Henry spent time at Morgan Stanley, serving as a Vice President for Emerging Markets Debt Investing and held other positions at the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and the Government of Costa Rica.

Henry holds an MBA from Oxford University (as a Skoll Scholar), an MPA from Harvard University (as a Fulbright Scholar) and a BA in Political Science from the University of Costa Rica.