From industry to cooperation and entrepreneurship

Development cooperation and multilaterals

• IDB. Funded Neofibers through Amazon BioStartups and provided grants to the portfolio
• GIZ. Led Climathon and the CATAL1.5T programme in Peru; circular economy consultancies under its funding
• European Union. Coordinated the Sustainable Business Programme and Team Europe – Circular Transition at its Delegation to Peru
• Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation. Circular bio-business workshops and guide with CODESPA; INACAL diagnostic in its Phase II
• IDB Lab. Member of the CEIBA Council; consultant on the AmazonBeEco programme
• Green Climate Fund. Co-funder of the AmazonBeEco programme, where he assessed 25 Amazonian bio-businesses
• UNIDO. Certified consultant in resource efficiency and cleaner production (RECP) and eco-industrial parks
• IDB Invest. Redesign Lab partner; panellist at its forum on inclusive Amazonian value chains

Banks and funds

• NESsT. Consultant on AmazonBeEco, case-study co-author and impact-debt partner for the portfolio
• Beneficial Returns. Impact debt for companies backed by Redesign Lab
• Wyss Academy for Nature. Funded Neofibers and co-hosted a panel at NYC Jewelry Week

Companies and brands

• Alicorp-Vitapro. Led sustainability and regulatory affairs across four countries (2019–2023)
• Cotton Nation. Partner (2023–2025) and board member of the Amazonian regenerative cotton group
• Lululemon. Brokered commercial deals and a regenerative agriculture programme with Conservation International
• TASA (Breca Group). Led environmental management and sustainability strategy (2012–2018)
• Eileen Fisher. Connected Amazonian value chains with the brand
• Hugo Boss. Connected Amazonian value chains with the brand
• Lacoste. Connected Amazonian value chains with the brand
• Patagonia. Connected Amazonian value chains with the brand
• SMI PET (Intercorp group). Start-up of a pioneering PET recycling plant (2010–2012)
• Agromercado. Redesign Lab value-chain partner
• CICLO. Circular economy partnership for construction
• Contugas. Brief stint in the energy sector (2012)
• ECOAGE. Redesign Lab materials and value-chain partner
• Ecovive. Redesign Lab portfolio company
• GreenProd. Redesign Lab portfolio company (bioproducts from artisanal fishing waste)
• Moena. Endemics partner for rosewood supply with Amazonian communities
• Pesquera Centinela. Blockchain traceability of marine ingredients with MarinTrust and Vitapro
• Rare by. Redesign Lab portfolio company

Academia and training

• MIT Professional Education. Faculty and Impact Project mentor in the Chief Sustainability Officer programmes since 2022
• CATIE. Guest lecturer in its Master in Agribusiness Management (2026–2027)
• ESAN Graduate School of Business. MBA
• Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Master in Biotrade and Sustainable Development
• University of Chicago. Taught circular economy in its executive programmes
• Fashion Institute of Technology (SUNY). Academic link for the portfolio bio-businesses
• Global Alumni. Manages his teaching engagements with MIT and the University of Chicago
• IMD Business School. Redesign Lab academic and innovation partner
• OXENTIA. Innovation and technology transfer programme (2023)
• Parsons School of Design. Academic link for the portfolio bio-businesses
• Singularity University. Redesign Lab academic and innovation partner
• Tecnológico de Monterrey. Redesign Lab academic and innovation partner
• Universidad Andina del Cusco. Speaker at its International Business Summit (2026)
• Universidad Externado de Colombia. Host of the ClimateLaunchpad Americas Grand Final, where he was a judge (2026)
• UAL. Academic link for the portfolio bio-businesses

Government and public sector

• INACAL. Quality infrastructure diagnostic for the circular economy and ISO/TC 323 mirror committee
• Peru Technological Institute of Production (CITE network). Delivered circular economy training for agro-industrial producers (UT Huaura)
• Ministry of Production of Peru (PRODUCE). Governance of the National Circular Economy Coalition; presented Startups4Climate to regional incubators
• Ministry of the Environment of Peru (MINAM). Speaker at the Impacta Verde programme; governance of the National Circular Economy Coalition
• ProInnóvate. Led a haute-couture project with Amazonian fibres for China; grant funding
• PromPerú. Circular Transition Accelerator (2022)

Networks, events and awards

• Textile Exchange. Sat on its regenerative agriculture committee and presented a case at its Lisbon conference
• Circular Economy Club. Peru representative and co-founder of the Lima chapter
• National Circular Economy Coalition of Peru. Helped create it from the EU Delegation
• COP16 Biodiversity. Speaker at the Peru Pavilion (Cali, 2024)
• EIT Climate-KIC. Led Climathon in Peru (2022–2025) and judged ClimateLaunchpad
• GRIDX. Business entrepreneur in the programme and CEO of LuSy
• Grupo GEA. Prepared 16 startups in its green chemistry accelerator and judged its investor round
• MarinTrust. Member of its technical committee; blockchain traceability of marine ingredients
• Regenagri. Helped bring the standard to Peru: Cotton Nation was the first certified company
• The Sustainable Angle. Panellist at Future Fabrics Expo (London, 2024)
• Association of Exporters of Peru. Redesign Lab industry-association partner
• C Minds. Redesign Lab innovation partner
• CATAL1.5T. National Partner of the GIZ programme (2023–2025)
• Circular Economy Coalition. Founding member for Peru
• CleantechHUB. Redesign Lab innovation partner
• ClimateLaunchpad. Judge at the Americas Grand Final (Bogotá, 2026)
• Colegio de Ingenieros del Perú. Guest speaker (2026)
• Control Union. Regenagri certification of Cotton Nation, the first in Peru
• Chiclayo Chamber of Commerce. Guest speaker (2026)
• Eatable Adventures. Incubator of Amazon BioStartups, which selected Neofibers
• elea. Redesign Lab impact-ecosystem partner
• Fibral Material Alliance. Redesign Lab materials partner
• International Circular Economy Forum (FIEC). Organised it from the EU Delegation
• HubDev. Operator of the Impacta Verde programme, where he gave a governance talk (2026)
• Hult Prize. Innovation Partner of Hult Prize PUCP (2022)
• Lunete. Investment-readiness session for its fifth cohort (2026)
• NYC Jewelry Week. Panellist on solutions from the Amazon (New York, 2024)
• Seek. Berlin trade fair where he presented the portfolio bio-businesses
• National Society of Industries of Peru. Redesign Lab industry-association partner
• Sustainable Fisheries Partnership. Sat on its regional technical roundtable on marine ingredients
• Systems Innovation. Lima Hub representative (2022)
• Tranoi. Paris trade fair where he presented the portfolio bio-businesses
• Village Capital. Mentor in Innovation for Ecosystem Restoration Latam (2023)

NGOs and conservation

• Conservation International. Designed with it a regenerative agriculture programme in San Martín with Lululemon
• CEDEPAS Norte. Circular economy consultancies for Andean grain cooperatives
• CODESPA. Circular bio-business workshops and guide for producers in Cajamarca and Amazonas
• Organic Cotton Accelerator. National consultant and co-author of the organic cotton pre-assessment for Peru
• Camino Verde. Supplier of sustainably pruned rosewood oil for Endemics
• Conexsus. Invited to facilitate an Amazonian innovation module in 2027

Media

• ImpactAlpha. Featured his work on Amazonian regenerative cotton (2025)
• Actualidad Ambiental. Covered the International Circular Economy Forum
• BioEconomia.info. Covered Neofibers in Amazon BioStartups (2024)
• Efecto Responsable. Published «Cotton Nation: an alliance for Amazonian cotton»
• Gestión (Peru). Mentioned Neofibers at Future Fabrics Expo (Moda Inc. blog)
• Just Style. Covered his view on Amazonian fibres for sustainable fashion (2024)
• La Cámara (Lima Chamber of Commerce). Covered his role as EU representative on the circular economy roadmap
• UN Global Compact Network Colombia. Covered Neofibers in Amazon BioStartups (2024)
• Portafolio (Colombia). Covered Neofibers in Amazon BioStartups (2024)