Sandra Gómez Paradela

Sandra is an Infrastructure and Climate Change Consultant within the Advisory Services Division at IDB Invest. She focuses on implementing climate change mitigation and adaptation measures for private sector infrastructure and tourism projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to IDB Invest, Sandra worked at the African Development Bank (AfDB) in the Ivory Coast, where she implemented transport projects and evaluated climate change strategies. Before joining the AfDB, Sandra researched climate change impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in Switzerland. Additionally, Sandra worked at the Metropolitan Transport Authority of Barcelona (ATM) in Spain, where she supported the deployment of electric bus infrastructure. Sandra holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master in Infrastructure Management, both from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. She also holds a postgraduate degree in International Economics and Foreign Trade from the University of Barcelona, and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of A Coruña, in Spain.