Luca Soppelsa

Senior Risk Manager

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Luca Soppelsa is prokurist and head of risk management at FS Impact Finance (FSIF).

Since 2021, he also works on the development of new products and innovative financing mechanisms in different SDG-related areas. In addition, Luca is the Managing Director of FS Financial Services Caucasus, a subsidiary of FSIF specialized in providing financial monitoring and reporting services. Finally, since 2023, Luca sits on the Board of the JuST Sustainability Transition Institute.

Before joining FS Impact Finance, Luca gathered a multifaceted finance expertise by working for ten years on international, multi-stakeholder projects in the audit, banking and green finance sectors. Since 2013, the focus of his day-to-day work has been on emerging and developing markets.

Luca holds a Master in International Economics and Business (Globalisation and Development) from Utrecht University and a Master in Management from the University of Trento. He is a Certified Risk Manager and Renewable Energy Finance Expert by the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

Luca is an amateur triathlete and Ironman. In 2023, he participated in the Ironman 140.6 World Championship. To recover from hard trainings, he enjoys tasting craft beer with his wife and friends.

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Advancing Gender Equality and Climate Resilience in India With New Impact Fund

19 July 2024

FS Impact Finance and Better Cotton have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop and launch a fund directed at smallholder farmers in the cotton sector. The fund, initially piloted in India, will help incentivise cotton farming communities to invest in field-level work related to women’s empowerment and climate resilience by eliminating traditional financing barriers.