Dr José-Luis BOBES-HERNANDEZ is a development finance expert with 28 years of experience expanding access to climate finance across Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
Bobes has extensive energy efficiency financing experience across multiple African countries. As Team Leader for EBRD Egypt Green Economy Finance Facility (2014-2020), he mobilized EUR 165 million in energy efficiency and renewable energy investments for Egyptian businesses and municipalities. He led the AFD Namibia SUNREF (2017-2020), structuring financing mechanisms for solar energy and energy efficiency projects in Namibia's commercial and industrial sectors. Earlier, he managed the KfW Green Efficiency Financing Facility (2011-2013), supporting energy efficiency retrofits and clean energy technologies across North Africa. Through these programs, Bobes mobilized over EUR 200 million in energy efficiency and clean energy financing to previously underserved market segments.
He has advised on more than 200 transactions for USAID, EBRD, AUDA-NEPAD, EU, AFD, World Bank, EIB, and other leading development finance institutions, structuring financing for municipal energy efficiency, sustainable infrastructure, water, and transport projects across Africa and other emerging markets.
Bobes holds a PhD in Development Finance (University of Stellenbosch), MBA (University of Chicago Booth), and MSc in Engineering (Polytechnic University of Madrid). He is fluent in English, Spanish, French, and German and understands some Arabic, Portuguese and Russian.