United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Fabrizio Cometto has a diverse work experience spanning over several industries. Fabrizio currently serves as the Deputy Director of LDC Investment Platform at the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), where they address the lack of SDG positive capital in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) by providing patient and risk-tolerant capital to SMEs, FSPs, and Municipal projects. Prior to this role, they worked as an Investment Specialist in the same organization.
Before joining UNCDF, Cometto worked at MCE Social Capital as a Portfolio Manager. In this position, they closed over 30 transactions across various sectors, totaling more than $20 million in value. Fabrizio'sfocus areas included agricultural value chains, renewable energies, and access to safe water.
Cometto also has experience as a Volunteer Consultant at TechnoServe and held various roles at Ariston Thermo Group, including Managing Director for the Iberian Peninsula and Marketing Director for the Far East. Fabrizio also served as the Country Manager for China at Elco, a subsidiary of Ariston Thermo Group.
Fabrizio'searlier career includes roles as a Destination Manager for Asia-Pacific at Asia Voyages, Marketing Manager for China at Michelin, and Credit Analyst at BNP Paribas.
Overall, Cometto has a strong background in investment, development finance, and international business management.
Fabrizio Cometto has a diverse education history in various educational institutions. Fabrizio obtained a Master of International Public Policy (MIPP) degree from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in 2014. The field of study for this degree was International Relations and Affairs, as well as International Development.
Prior to that, Fabrizio attended HEC Paris, where they completed their MSc in Management degree in 1998. During their time at HEC, they focused on entrepreneurship as their major field of study.
Furthermore, Fabrizio participated in an Executive Education program at INSEAD in 2007, focusing on international marketing. In 2006, they also enrolled in a Strategic Cost Management program at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) as part of their executive education.
Before these advanced degrees, Fabrizio attended Lycée Louis-le-Grand and completed a Preparatory Class in 1994. The specific field of study for this program was HEC, indicating their early interest in business and management.
Overall, Fabrizio Cometto's education history includes a Master's degree, executive education programs, and preparatory studies, all emphasizing different aspects of international relations, business, and management.
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United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
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The UN Capital Development Fund makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 46 least developed countries (#LDCs). With its capital mandate and instruments, UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce poverty and support local economic development. This last mile is where available resources for development are scarcest; where market failures are most pronounced; and where benefits from national growth tend to leave people excluded. UNCDF’s financing models work through two channels: savings-led financial inclusion that expands the opportunities for individuals, households, and small businesses to participate in the local economy, providing them with the tools they need to climb out of poverty and manage their financial lives; and by showing how localized investments -- through fiscal decentralization, innovative municipal finance, and structured project finance -- can drive public and private funding that underpins local economic expansion and sustainable development. UNCDF financing models are applied in thematic areas where addressing barriers to finance at the local level can have a transformational effect for poor and excluded people and communities. By strengthening how finance works for poor people at the household, small enterprise, and local infrastructure levels, UNCDF contributes to SDG 1 on eradicating poverty with a focus on reaching the last mile and addressing exclusion and inequalities of access. At the same time, UNCDF deploys its capital finance mandate in line with SDG 17 on the means of implementation, to unlock public and private finance for the poor at the local level. By identifying those market segments where innovative financing models can have transformational impact in helping to reach the last mile, UNCDF contributes to a number of different SDGs and currently to 28 of 169 targets.