With more than 20 years of experience in the areas of structured and project finance, Carlos Carranza currently serves as Director of Environmental Infrastructure Financing for the North American Development Bank.
He has structured financing for landmark renewable energy projects in the U.S. and Mexico and has extensive experience in structuring financing for state and municipal bond issuances in the United States. Additionally, he has developed public-private partnership structures for states and municipalities in Mexico. In 2018, he was involved in the structuring of the first Certificate of Capital Development (CKD) in the form of senior debt for infrastructure in Mexico. In 2023, he led the first subnational sustainability financing in Mexico with the State Government of Baja California for water project financing.
During his career in the infrastructure sector, he has led the financing for such projects as: (i) the first renewable energy project to export electricity from Mexico to the U.S.; (ii) the first wind project in northern Mexico with a private off-taker; and (iii) the first project with a financial structure using monetized assets for a water utility to fund its purple line in the state of Nuevo Leon.
Mr. Carranza graduated from the Universidad Iberoamericana with a degree in Public Accounting with a concentration in in Finance and obtained an MBA from St. Mary’s University.