Contact
Paula Pelaez
www.linkedin.com/in/paula- Head of Sustainable Business and MSME, Advisory Services at BID
pelaez-3a79a9 (LinkedIn) Invest (IADB Group)
Turkey
Top Skills
International Development Experience
Capacity Building
NGOs
BID Invest (IADB Group)
Head of Sustainable Business and MSME, Advisory Services
March 2019 - Present 
Languages Washington D.C. Metro Area
English, Spanish, intermediate
French
UNDP
Head of Business Call to Action
May 2016 - March 2019 (2 years 11 months)

BSR (Business for Social Responsibility)

Manager, Advisory Services
December 2013 - April 2016 (2 years 5 months)

United Nations Development Program - MDG Achievement Fund

Programme Advisor
April 2009 - October 2013 (4 years 7 months)
New York, NY

Portfolio Manager of programmes in Asia and Eastern Europe. Monitoring and

evaluation of joint programmes. Global technical focal point for knowledge
management initiatives in Private Sector Development, Youth Employment and
Migration, and Children Nutrition and Food Security.

CARE Canada
Programme Manager CEP
March 2006 - March 2009 (3 years 1 month)
Canada, Kenya, Mozambique

SME Impact Investment Fund - with a focus on emerging and high growth
SMEs, social enterprises and innovative financial services in developing
economies. Provision of business development services to SMEs, and value
chain development.

Aga Khan Foundation

IMM Fellow
2004 - 2005 (2 years)
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International Microfinance and Microenterprise Fellowship. Participatory action

research, stakeholder engagement, product design.

Grupo Aval
Marketing Director
September 2000 - April 2003 (2 years 8 months)
Bogota, Colombia

Development, launching and marketing of common internet banking platform

for all Grupo Aval's financial entities.
Development of communication and marketing plans for corporate products
and services.

Hewlett-Packard
Y2K Leader
August 1999 - March 2000 (8 months)
Bogota- Colombia

Risk assessment for HP's Support Business Unit during the Y2K transition.
Developed and implemented mitigation and contingency strategies.

LatinAdvisor.com
Analyst
2000 - 2000 (1 year)
Research analyst for the Textile Sector in the region. Marketing analyst.

Education
York University
Master Environmental Studies, Sustainable Development · (2003 - 2005)

Universidad de Los Andes

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Industrial Engineering · (1995 - 2000)

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