Speakers

Mara is the Academic Co-Director of the Government Outcomes Lab at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.

Mara has two decades’ experience in connecting academic insights to decision making for social impact. She has provided input for decisions on Outcome funds and Outcomes Contracts in the UK, the EU, foundations, and international development agencies working in LMICs. In her previous posts she has worked with health policy makers and healthcare providers in the UK, Italy, Ontario and the Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria as well as policy makers at the Home Office, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Office of the Deputy Prime minister in the UK.

Mara is an economist and experienced decision modeller with an interest in impact metrics and the use of data to inform better decisions. She is particularly passionate about the ways in which governments can work with the private and non-for-profit sector to accelerate progress towards shared goals. She loves making sense of data and currently works on nurturing the INDIGO data collaborative.

María Laura Tinelli is the Director and Founder of Acrux Partners, an impact investment intermediary and market developer focused in South America. She founded and heads the Impact Investment National Advisory Board for Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. She is an Investment Committee Member for NXTP Impact Investment Fund in Latin America. Together with Social Finance UK, Acrux and the IADB has structured the first Social Impact Bond for Argentina in 2018, and is currently working on the second one. She currently serves as Impact Investment advisor to the UNPRI.

Fundación Corona is renowned institution in Colombia, working for the last 60 years in promoting social development. Daniel is an industrial engineer. He has worked as an Associate at Endeavor. Since his role at Fundación Corona 10 years ago, Daniel has led important programs of financial innovation and public innovation.
These programs have all been pioneers in Latin America, successfully implementing SIBs, Outcomes Funds and contracts, and income share agreements. All of these mechanisms were developed hand in hand with the public sector, consolidating institutional and public procurement milestones for the country.
He earned a Bachelor of Engineering from Universidad de Los Andes and has experience in social investment banking and high impact entrepreneurship.

Marta is leading Social Finance’s work in Latin America, with a focus on Mexico, Brazil and Chile, and contributes more broadly to our international practice.

Marta brings a hybrid set of skills to Social Finance, with extensive private sector experience in strategy consulting (Boston Consulting Group) and commercial banking (Capital One Bank), and deep expertise supporting the growth, sustainability and impact-creation capabilities of non-profit organisations (UnLtd, The Bridgespan Group, Leaders’ Quest Foundation, Population Services International).

Marta is a Spanish national, though her career spans several countries and cultures, and is motivated by achieving tangible impact for beneficiaries. She is a Trustee of FPA, a UK-based sexual health charity.

Juliana works as a Data Steward the Government Outcomes Lab, where she supports the work of our International Network for Data on Impact and Governance Outcomes (INDIGO). She holds a degree in International Relations from the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and a Master on Politics, Big Data and Quantitative Methods at the University of Warwick.

Prior to joining the Government Outcomes Lab in April 2020, Juliana worked for different public entities from her home country, such as the government of the province of Salta and the former National Ministry of Modernisation. She is interested in how the provision of good quality data can help us evaluate the impact of public policies and improve them. As for her academic experience, Juliana was a research fellow for the Interdisciplinary Programme on Human Development and Social Inclusion of UCA.

Mayra is a Programme Associate at the Education Outcomes Fund. She holds a degree in law from the University of São Paulo and is currently studying a Master in Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.

Before coming to Oxford, Mayra worked as a Professional Visitor at the Inter American Court of Human Rights, and then focused on working within the public sector to achieve greater social impact. She has also worked in São Paulo's City Hall and for the State Government, developing policies for engaging non-profit organisations on public services.