Carlo Papa is an international expert and strategic advisor in energy and finance with a focus on innovation, climate, and sustainability. He serves as Impact Advisory Board Member in SACE, the official Italian Export Credit Agency (ECA), supporting strategic planning, positioning, and operation to integrate ESG framework into project development, delivery, and reporting. He is a regular lecturer for courses at ISPI, IRENA, and Strathmore University among other institutions and contributor to scientific journals such as Applied Energy, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. He co-authored the first G20 Climate Atlas, Hybrid Metrics: Connecting Shared Value to Shareholder Value and WMO State of Climate Services: Energy. He initiated Open African Power program, co-lead by Sustainable Energy for All, participated in the Global Commission to End Energy Poverty, and co-founded the African School of Regulation. He holds a PhD in Management Engineering, the TRIUM Global Executive MBA, and a certificate in Climate Change and Energy from Harvard University Kennedy School. He is actively involved in think-tank activities as a member of the Aspen Institute, the German Marshall Fund of United States, Chatman House, the UN Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, and the Italian Society for Climate Sciences.