José Carlos Villena

Director of Development and Blended Finance at Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo, COFIDES S.A., the Spanish DFI and EDFI Member. COFIDES is an entrusted entity for EU budget implementation and for co-financing with the Green Climate Fund.

Graduate in Law, Business Administration and Management and Actuarial and Financial Sciences from Carlos III University. Master's Degree in International Business Management from the Centre for Economic and Commercial Studies (CECO), Master's Degree in Microfinance and Social Development from the University of Alcalá; MBA from the Centre for Economic and Commercial Studies (CECO).

During 2012 and 2013, he completed a Secondment at the World Bank, working as an Operations Analyst at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) in Washington.  Prior to joining COFIDES he worked in the private sector in different positions.

He joined COFIDES in 2007 and since then he has held various positions in the Monitoring, Investment and Development Finance departments. He currently holds the position of Director of Partnerships for Development Division, responsible for supporting the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID) in the management of the Development Promotion Fund (FONPRODE), including planning, identification, analysis, formalisation and monitoring. He is also responsible of the co-financing operations (Blending) with the European Union and with the Green Climate Fund (UNO). Professor at several Universities and Higher Education Institutions on various issues related to Climate Change Finance and Financial Inclusion.