Oswaldo Acosta

CEO & President @City First Enterprises (CFE)

Washington, DC, US

As the CEO of CFE, I drive the organization\'s vision and strategic direction, with steadfast commitment to advancing its central mission of facilitating the delivery of capital to underserved markets. My role includes heading a team of finance and economic development experts, collectively focused on the deployment of transformational capital across CFE\'s diverse lending categories.Since joining in 2019, I have led a period of dynamic innovation and growth, including incursion in new lending categories (clean energy and residential mortgages), total asset growth of 4X, a 40% annual average growth rate in the lending portfolio. This expansion has been fueled by leveraging nearly $70 million in raised capital from diverse sources which include state, federal, and philanthropic grants, and debt with commercial banks and private investors.

Tecnológico de Monterrey

BA in Economics, Economics

University of Essex

MA in Political Economy, European Union Financial Integration

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

MSc in Economic Regulation, Regulatory Economics (Utilities)