Massimiliano Riva

Massimiliano (Max) Riva is responsible for contributing to UNDP’s evolving work on finance under the natural capital and environment thematic area through policy advice, technical expertise, advocacy, partnership building and knowledge. He works closely with UNDP-GEF, UN-REDD, the Montreal Protocol Unit, BIOFIN and other programmes to identify and operationalize opportunities for leveraging financial resources in support of sustainable development. Max is keen to meet, collaborate and support colleagues to unlock and mobilize new resources for sustainable development and to trigger a more efficient, effective and equitable allocation of resources in-countries. Max is a trade and finance specialist, with over 10 years of experience in international organizations, governments and the private sector. He has accumulated knowledge and expertise in areas such as guarantees, inclusive finance, export credit, public finance, vertical funds, Sector Wide Approaches, and sector resource mobilization strategies. In his career he facilitated a wide range of partnerships on sustainable trade and finance, providing advisory services on the ground to more than 25 countries across four continents. He co-authored a number of publications on trade, finance and sustainable development. Max is a Ph.D. candidate in International Economics at the University of Rome II. He has a M.Sc. in Economics and International Policies from the Catholic University of Milan, and a M.A. in Economics from the Bocconi University.