Paola Castillo is a Senior Specialist in AIIB’s E&S Team. She is academically trained in both the environmental and social disciplines and has 28 years of experience working on environmental and social risk management of large infrastructure projects against good international industry practices and standards in emerging and developing economies across the Latin America and Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Central, South, and East Asian regions. Prior to joining AIIB, Paola worked 10 years at the IFC, 3 years with the ADB and before that as an E&S consultant with several international engineering firms based out of London, UK, among others. Paola has worked and lived across many countries and greatly enjoys living new experiences and meeting new people.