Belissa Rojas, IMM Advisor SDG Impact Team and global experts.
Belissa has more than 15 years of experience in the international development sector, advising private sector organizations, impact investors, development banks and foundations on how to professionalize their management and measurement practices.
Belissa is the CEO and founder of Impacto Consulting and focuses primarily on strategic planning, general management, sustainability, and impact measurement and management.
She advises investors on how to measure and manage their environmental and social impacts. He has worked with IDB Lab, in the design of an ESG and impact measurement and management (IMM) tool for early-stage ventures with the potential to generate large-scale impact, evaluating ES risk reporting best practices for Development Finance Institutions (DFI), co-lead an initiative to support venture capital funds in the development of their IMM practices with the IMP Impact Frontiers initiative, among others. He also leads an initiative with On Think Tanks (OTT) and the International Development Research Center (IDRC) to bring cross-sector knowledge, policy, and economic expertise from local think tanks to the impact investing industry in Latin America and Africa. Previously, Belissa was a Senior Strategy and Monitoring Specialist at IDB Invest, where she led the design and implementation of IDB Invest's impact management framework after due diligence, and was responsible for overseeing the impact of its operations: investments and loans.
She was responsible for supervising and leading the reporting of a portfolio of +250 operations valued at approx. 11 billion dollars. She also led the design and launch of the Impact Lessons Learned site, which included an evaluation of the entire IDB Invest portfolio, independent verification of all final evaluations, and identification of best practices. She won two corporate awards for her contributions to strengthening the IDB Invest Impact Management Framework. Prior to this job, Belissa was an advisor for Peru and Chile on the Board of Executive Directors of the IDB Group. As a former consultant to the Emerging Markets Group (formerly Deloitte Emerging Markets) and the World Bank, Belissa gained extensive experience evaluating public sector operations and corporate projects. She began her career working at the Peruvian Ministry of Finance and the Peruvian Banking, Insurance and Pensions Regulatory Agency. Belissa has a Master's in Development Management from the London School of Economics, and a Master's in Finance and a Bachelor's in Economics, both from Universidad del Pacífico. She is fluent in English, Spanish and French.