Carlos de Freitas has been working since 1999 in the field of sustainable development. He was the recipient of an AVINA Award in 2008 for investigative journalism, a fellow researcher at the Veblen Institute for Economic Reforms, a former Strategy Director of an Asset Management Company.
In 2011, he joined FMDV-Global Fund for Cities Development.
He currently serves as Executive Director of FMDV, with 20+ years of experience in the design of multi-stakeholder urban development finance programs and strategies.
From March 2021 to February 2023, he served as Coordinator of the Moroccan National support Program for Subnational Climate Action, called SISTIF, an institutional, strategic and financial expertise hub, implemented together with the Moroccan Ministry of Internal Affairs (Directorate General for Subnational Governments), FMDV and the two National associations of Mayors and Governors.
He focuses mainly on sustainable, climate and inclusive financing topics, as well as local economic development for Local, Regional and Central governments worldwide.
He co-authors articles, reports and mass-market publications, such as "Viva Favela! When the poor take their destiny in their own hands" - Michel Lafon Publishing (France, 2009), also published in Brazil in 2013, on the exceptional experience of Brazilian Community Development Banks.