Christian Déséglise

Christian Déséglise is a Member of the Board and Executive Committee of Mundi Ventures. He previously spent more than two decades at HSBC, where he held senior global roles across sustainable finance, infrastructure, emerging markets, asset management, and sovereign wealth funds, most recently serving as Group Head of Sustainable Infrastructure and Innovation.

Christian is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), where he has taught Emerging Markets and Sustainable Finance since 2009. He is also co-founder and co-director of Columbia’s BRIC Lab, which studies the rise and transformation of emerging economies. His work sits at the intersection of finance, emerging markets, sustainable development, and the mobilization of private capital.

Christian has held numerous international leadership and advisory roles, including leading the FAST Infra initiative to mobilize private investment in sustainable infrastructure, serving on the One Planet Lab, and co-chairing the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on SDG Investments.

He is also co-founder, with his wife Geneviève Maquinay, of Foundation Caring for Colombia, which supports underserved communities in Colombia. Christian holds degrees from Sciences Po and La Sorbonne Nouvelle and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia SIPA.