Karla Canavan Bunge, Switzerland Private Sector observer: Forest Investment Program (FIP) Sub-Committee Email: [email protected] As an emerging market expert, Karla brings 20 years of experience in identifying opportunities in new and emerging markets and developing and implementing strategies to successfully pursue them. She began her career in the banking sector in Mexico as a fixed income and derivatives trader at Banco Santander, where she also managed marketing. From there she moved to Cargill where she coordinated logistics, pricing and marketing for local crops. This gave her the deep understanding of the traceability, waste and energy aspects inherent to agribusiness - in short: the optimization of the entire value chain. Over ten years ago, Karla brought her experience to Bunge where she began by developing the food products line for Latin America, providing her with the understanding of the processing piece of the value chain. Karla then moved to Bunge Environmental Markets in 2007, where she has held the Latin America regional manager position and has led the global emission reduction projects origination strategy across sectors and methodologies. She has been actively involved in over 100 carbon projects, some of them from conception to execution. Projects that range from REDD and reforestation to waste to energy for industrial and rural activities, resource efficiency, renewables, community adaptation and sustainable agriculture globally including Africa. Karla has strong financial credentials and recently earned the Certified Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation. She is currently Commercial Director for the Western geographies, Including Europe, The Americas and Africa. Passionate about sustainability, Karla has built strong and profitable relationships for clients in need for a structural change in their business going forward, including but not limited to energy efficiency, life cycle analysis, water and carbon usage and offsetting, and community engagement, through the eyes of a business player. Karla holds Bachelor on International Relations from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and holds a diploma from Georgetown University. The Organization Bunge Environmental Markets (BEM www.bunge.com/Bunge-Environmental-Markets ), part of Bunge’s Financial Services Group, acts globally to help companies manage their greenhouse gas emissions and develop emissions reduction projects. These projects may generate carbon credits that can be commercialized with other companies and governments, creating economic incentives for investments in the green economy. Based in Geneva, Switzerland and active in carbon markets since 2004, the group oversees emissions reduction services provided by Bunge’s Ecoinvest Carbon SA subsidiary, the Bunge Emissions Fund and Climate Change Capital. Bunge environmental markets is part of Bunge Limited (www.Bunge.com) Thinking beyond carbon, BEM identifies and invests in opportunities related to climate change and environmental constraints, leveraging the company's global agribusiness experience. Work with the CIF As an Observer on the Clean Technology Fund, Karla is excited by the opportunity to represent the private sector and actively see the development of the investments made in forestry projects which are an integral part of Climate change management, food and energy security today and in the decades to come .