Marco Serena, Group Chief Sustainable Impact Officer, The Private Infrastructure Development Group

Marco is Group Chief Sustainable Impact Officer at the Private Infrastructure Development Group which he joined in 2019. Marco provides leadership on driving sustainable development impact across all PIDG product lines. He oversees the early stage impact assessment (risks and opportunities) of all PIDG investments, the process for monitoring and evaluating PIDG impact and PIDG thematic work on climate change, nature and gender lens investing. Marco has 20 years of experience working in frontier markets to drive sustainability and development impact through private investment. He previously worked for the UK Department for International Development where he led their Impact Investing team, and in management consultancy with assignments for corporates and multilateral organisations. He held leadership positions with social enterprises in West and East Africa and worked in business development services and policy in the UK. Marco spent 10 years between Sierra Leone, Uganda, Tanzania and Albania and conducted assignments in a number of other countries.