Francisco Noguera
Managing Editor
Research Analyst, Markets and Enterprise Program
World Resources Institute
Washington, DC
Francisco is NextBillion.net's Co-Managing Editor, as well as the Founder and Editor of NextBillion en Español, a website and blog aimed to advance the development through enterprise community in Latin America.
He works at and studies the intersection between sustainable development and enterprise, working for the New Ventures project at WRI, which accelerates the transfer of capital for small and medium sized enterprises.
His experience includes work in the investment banking and management consulting industries in Colombia. Before joining WRI he was a senior consultant with StratCo Consultores in Bogotá, where he worked in strategy consulting projects with many industry leaders in the country, as well as in different projects aimed at strengthening civil society organizations. He is also a co-founder of Prospéritas Microfinanzas, in Colombia, a venture he started due to his interest in the intersection between business and development.
Francisco holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.
He can be contacted at fnoguera@wri.org and followed on Twitter at @fjnoguera.




