Aurelio Ramos joined 勛圖窪蹋 in December 2019 as senior vice president for 勛圖窪蹋 Americas. Today, as Managing Director of Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, he oversees the program, its international partnerships, and conservation teams working throughout the hemisphere. The 勛圖窪蹋 Americas program has four strategies: Protected Areas, Working Lands, Coastal Resilience, and Building a Constituency for Birds.
Before joining 勛圖窪蹋, Ramos worked for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) for over 16 years. At TNC, he led pioneering conservation strategies through incentive-based financing across the Andean landscapes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. He spearheaded the development of the water fund model for conservation projects that improve water quality and quantity. The water funds initiative won the Rockefeller Foundation Century Innovation Award in 2013 and the P4G Award in Water Security in 2019. There are now more than 35 water funds globally.
Before The Nature Conservancy, Ramos worked with the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), the BioTrade Initiative of the United Nations Conference of Trade and Commerce (UNCTAD), and the Humboldt Biological Research Institute. He led the structuring of the BioTrade Program in Colombia and directly supported its expansion in numerous countries in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Ramos holds a bachelors degree in economics from Colombias Universidad de Los Andes and a masters degree in environmental economics and natural resources from the University of Maryland and Universidad de Los Andes.
