Director of Environment and Sustainability at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Adonai Herrera-Martínez is the Director of Environment and Sustainability at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). He leads the team determining the Paris alignment and green finance attribution of projects, monitoring of impacts, and the development of the biodiversity and blue economy agenda.
From 2017 to 2019, Adonai was the lead adviser to the EBRD President. Prior to this and since 2009, he was based in Istanbul, coordinating the sustainability activities of the Bank in Türkiye. These covered private sector investments, technical assistance to clients and policy dialogue with the Government, including the development of the National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Action Plans for Türkiye.
Adonai previously worked at UNDP in New York and Dakar, and at CERN in Geneva. He received an MBA from INSEAD in 2009 and a PhD from the Cambridge University in 2004, having worked at CERN with Professor Carlo Rubbia (Physics Nobel Laureate in 1984) on the topic of Elimination of Nuclear Waste. You may find a bit more on his background and interests in LinkedIn and Twitter.
