Maria Castillo leads and supports a variety of ESG risk-related advisory projects, including climate-related advisory with financial institutions (commercial and private banks, asset managers, and insurance companies). In addition to being responsible for a range of ESG due diligence projects, she leads ECOFACT’s Monitoring Peer Policies (MPP) program, analyzing and benchmarking environmental and social risk policies of leading financial institutions.

Before working at ECOFACT, Maria was a financial analyst and managed sustainable projects in developing countries. She has worked for private and public institutions, creating cost and impact assessment tools as well as interactive training modules. Maria holds a Master of Science in Sustainability and Consultancy degree from the University of Leeds in the UK and a bachelor’s degree in senior management and business administration.