Ricardo Bayon

Ricardo Bayon is the Director of the Ecosystem Marketplace. For nearly a decade he has been focusing on issues related to finance, socially responsible investment (SRI), and the environment. He has been a fellow of the New America Foundation and has worked for a number of organizations, including Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Domini Social Investments, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank, Forest Trends, The Nature Conservancy, the UN Foundation, IUCN, and the Inter-American Development Bank, among others.

Mr. Bayon's articles on energy, SRI, climate, the environment, and finance have appeared in a variety of publications, including The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, the International Herald Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Boston Globe, and The Milken Institute Review. He is also a regular contributor for the UK monthly "Environmental Finance".

Previously, Mr. Bayon was Special Assistant to the Directior General, Interim Director of Communications, and Conservation Finance Coordinator at IUCN-The World Conservation Union.

He was born in Bogota, Colombia, studied at Brown University, and speaks fluent English, Spanish and French. He is currently based in San Francisco.