About Us
Learn about our story and meet the team behind SURECO
OUR STORY
After a large trajectory working at the Green Climate Fund, Jessica Jacob, the CEO and founder of SURECO & Partners, was convinced about the need to create a vast network of Latin American & Caribbean professionals and opening opportunities to youth with the same objective: To offer the best quality services to undertake sustainable solutions that transform the region and our communities.
The importance of understanding the local context and entities is a priority.
SURECO & Partners acts locally to contribute to the global Sustainable Development Goals, focusing on climate change, gender inclusiveness, and opening opportunities to the youth and vulnerable communities.
For SURECO, success is measured according to the results and impacts each project represents to a nation, institution, community, among others.
Nothing is as powerful as generating long-lasting paradigm shifting solutions.
2019
The dream begins
SURECO & Partners is legally constituted in Panama.
2021
Take off
SURECO & Partners starts its operations and is awarded projects in the Argentina, Colombia, Nicaragua, USA, among others.
Multiple UN agencies, governements, and private entities start to knock the door...
The intership program begins...
2022
Sky-rocket
Promptly, public and private entities start to realize SURECO's results and big steps are taking towards paradigm-shifting projects.
Through strategic planning and fruitful partnerships, the firm has organically grown to be a reference partner for the region.
Up to date, SURECO & Partners has signed contracts awarded for more than 1 million USD with clients such as the World Bank, United Nations, ALIDE, and GIZ, among others.
Second intership program in partnership with GFLAC's youth climate finance program.
BOARD MEMBERS
We are governed by first-level professionals in the field of sustainable finance that enlight the principles and guideliness that are reflected in SURECO & Partners.
Unpaid position
Former General Secretary:
Latin American Federationof Banks-FELABAN
Lawyer - Universidad Javeriana
Researcher in Financial Law
Unpaid position
Chief Executive Officer at the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia
Founder and Chief Executive Officer. SIF Capital
Board Member at SADC Development Finance Resource Center
Unpaid position
Past Principal Director, Climate Change Division, Government of Jamaica
Regional Director, Caribbean Women in Leadership
Director Recycling Partners of Jamaica
Independent Climate Change & Environmental Expert
MSc Environmental Science from Wageningen Agricultural University
Honorary Doctorate of Laws in Humanities
Unpaid position
Former Deputy Managing Director: National Bank for Agriculture and rural Development (NABARD)
India and Director of Bankers’ Institute of Rural Development (BIRD)
Chairman of Samaaru Finance Pvt Ltd
Member of the Governing Board of College of Agricultural Banking, Reserve Bank of India.
Specialist in climate finance, rural finance and infrastructure.
Unpaid position
Representative Partner - Founder. Green Transformation Lab.
Deputy Director, Seoul National University.
Strategic Planning and ICT Project Manager, Green Climate Fund.
President at Fusion Consulting, Inc.
Unpaid position
PhD Research, International Economic Development -East China Normal University and PhD International Economics and MALD from the Fletcher School, Boston.
MS Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University, Boston and MS from INSA Lyon, France
Executive Recruiter Russell Reynolds Paris Associates
Commercial Attaché French Embassy in Abu Dhabi
Sailed around Cape Horn during the Whitbread Race around the World, 1977.
TEAM
Our consultants live and work in the communities they serve, providing better solutions for capacity building, sustainable activities, project implementation, monitoring, and evaluation
Former LAC Regional Manager: GCF Social and Environmental
Director: Findeter
Coordinator of Latin America and Africa: UNEP
Broker: Viel Tradition
Product Development: HSBC
CFO & Comptroller: Genisa/PanAm/PasoAncho
Corporate Finance Executive: CABEI
Fund Manager / Senior Credit’s Analyst: Banex Bank (HSBC CR)
Development Analyst: Instituto Elcano Royal / Center for Environmental and Social Studies (CEAMSO)
Graduated in International Relations & Communication: Comillas, USYD, KU Leuven
Sustainable Development Promoter: United Nations
Graduated in Political Science: Universidad Central del Ecuador
Environmental Consultant: FAO, GIZ, UNICEF, COSUDE.
Environmental Technical Analyst: Autonomous Municipal Government
Water quality technician: Ministry of Environment and Water of Bolivia.
Environmental and GIS Responsible: NGO Kurmi ADSI
Former Vice President: Scientific Society of Students of Environmental Engineering (UCB Cochabamba Regional)
Former Research Assistant: VLIR-UOS
Environmental Engineer: UCB
Sustainable Development Expert
Sustainable Development Promoter: United Nations
Graduated in Business Administration
Sustainable Development Expert
Sustainable Development Promoter: United Nations
Graduated in Law: Universidad Javeriana of Colombia
Member of the Board of Directors: International Bank
Board of Directors: Insurance Company Columna S.A.
Founder and General Director: Talento Consulting
Consulting Partner: Parker Randall Guatemala, S.A.
Partner: HVC Kapital in the management of investment funds.
Master in Financial Administration: UMG
Consultant: UN Women Guatemala
Former Vice Minister of Development of MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises): Ministry of Economy of Guatemala (Law for the economic empowerment of women. Creation of the Women's Entrepreneurship Unit. Implementation of public policy on equal opportunities for women)
Designed and implemented Environmental and Social Risk Management Systems (SARAS) in financial institutions: Financial Bank (Peru), Pacífico Savings and Loan Cooperative (Peru), Bolivarian Bank (Ecuador), EXITUS Capital (Mexico), EDPYME Credit Access (Peru), Western Financial (Mexico) and FINAGRO (Colombia)
Specialist in Economic Management: Metal Mechanics Varona Company
Former Auditor: Popular Bank of Savings (BPA) and Bank of Credit and Commerce (BANDEC)
Master's Degree in Business Administration and a Diploma in Banking Management: Center for Business Studies of the Marta Abreu de las Villas Central University
Project Management Technician: Instituto Desarrollo Paraguay
Former Technical Studies Assistant Superintendence of Insurance: Central Bank of Paraguay
Former Assistant National Accounts of the Department of Statistics of the Real Sector: Central Bank of Paraguay
Economist from the National University of Asuncion
Climate Change Specialist Consultant: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Former General Director of Monitoring and Coordination: Ministry of Development Planning Bolivia
Former National Coordinator for the elaboration of the final document for the GEF: FAO
Former Minister: Technical Secretariat for Economic and Social Development Planning of Paraguay
Former Director of Think Tank: Development Institute
PhD in Economics: University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Former Senior Economist: World Bank (Washington, DC - USA).
Former Presidential Commissioner for Social Protection: Honduran Institute of Social Security.
Former Insurance and Pension Specialist: BCIE
Former Head of the Actuarial Division: National Commission of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions.
Former Accreditation Panel Member: Green Climate Fund
Former Corporate Vice President: Financial Group FICOHSA
Master's Degree in International Business: University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.
INTERNS
Sureco is proud to grant laboral opportunities to young visionares that are committed with the environment.
Environmental Engineer
Economist
Environmental Engineer
Chemical Engineer
Environmental Engineer
Economist
President: Social Good Peru
Chapter Leader: Citizens' Climate International
Bachelor's Degree in Communication: University of Lima
Grants Acquisitions and Management Professional Volunteer Management: World Vision
Former Innovation Lab Volunteer: Thinkia-UNDP
Economist: Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
Former Representation of the Bulgarian delegation: National High School Model of United Nations
Double Degree in Law and International Relations: University of Navarra
Innovation Catalyst: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Ecuador
Former Extern, Marine Conservation Research: The Nature Conservancy | National Geographic Society | Paragon One
BSc in Earth and Space Science: UNAM
Former GIS Environmental Professional: Geoestudio
Former Junior Researcher: Francisco José de Caldas District University
Environmental Engineer: Francisco José de Caldas District University
Former Responsible Purchasing Audit (Social Service): The Port of Liverpool
Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Engineering: Universidad Anáhuac México Norte
Former Lawyer: Blanco and Degiovanni Attorneys & Consultants
Former Member of the legal consultancy: Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Lawyer: Sergio Arboleda University
Former Climate Change and Natural Resources Intern: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture - IICA
Former Project Assistant: Andean Grain Company S.A.C.
Bachelor of Science - Biology, Ecology Orientation: UNALM
Former E&S Monitoring and Evaluation Contractor: Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)
Former Environmental Analyst: Municipal Integrated Risk Management Unit/ AMDC
Bachelor's Degree in Forestry Engineeringt: UNACIFOR
Former Logistics and organization of the event: Youth Speak Festival
Pursuing a bachelor's degree in audiovisual communication: Interamerican University of Panama
Former Volunteer: Wild Sun Rescue Center
Former Cash Manager Assistant: Click&Boat
Mathematics and Informatics Applied to Management: La Sorbonne
President: Social Good Peru
Chapter Leader: Citizens' Climate International
Bachelor's Degree in Communication: University of Lima
President: Social Good Peru
Chapter Leader: Citizens' Climate International
Bachelor's Degree in Communication: University of Lima
President: Social Good Peru
Chapter Leader: Citizens' Climate International
Bachelor's Degree in Communication: University of Lima
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