Sara Alvarado

Sara Alvarado

Executive Director

Institute for Sustainable Finance

Biography

A veteran investment professional with a focus on climate change and sustainability, Sara will help drive forward ISF’s mandate to build Canadian sustainable finance capacity. Prior to joining ISF, she was head of risk and chief anti money laundering officer (CAMLO) at Canada Infrastructure Bank, where she was responsible for building the inaugural enterprise risk management function. Previously, she worked as senior officer, infrastructure new products and special transactions at the European Investment Bank, with a mandate to catalyze private-sector investments in the EU with focus on climate change and sustainability. Sara also spent 25 years in the investment industry in Canada.