Isabel is leading Rabobank ACORN’s strategy to support coffee industry players with their insetting objectives and ensure coffee producers can benefit by selling their carbon removals. Before joining the ACORN team, she was the Managing Director of the Progreso Foundation for over 5 years, supporting coffee and cocoa producer organizations with sustainable development.
She was the driving force behind the development of Beyco, ‘Beyond Coffee’ a worldwide coffee trading platform, to enable better access to trade finance and market for producer organisations. Before joining ACORN, Isabel worked for over 10 years for Rabobank and Rabobank Foundation, managing the Latin America loan portfolio including trade finance for many coffee and cocoa producer organizations. She loves cupping coffee and facilitating trade connections