Our Work & Experience
At Nature Build Partners, our work lies at the intersection of science, finance, and nature-based climate solutions. We specialize in developing and managing carbon projects that generate measurable climate, biodiversity and community benefits while also unlocking long-term value for our partners.
With extensive experience in sustainable land use, environmental finance and carbon project development, we guide landowners, communities, and investors through every stage of the project lifecycle. From early-stage feasibility to long-term MRV and benefit-sharing, we combine technical precision with meaningful stakeholder engagement.
To date, our team has contributed to over 25 nature-based initiatives and led the successful development of 17 carbon projects under leading global standards.
Executive Team
Michael Radomir
CEO
Michael Radomir started his career as an environmental markets and regulations analyst. He was a founding partner of WHEB Group managing circa $2 Billion of sustainability focused assets in VC, debt finance and listed equities. At WHEB he was responsible for the development of sustainable land use investments. He then developed two land-based sustainability businesses in the real estate and dairy sectors, and worked on a public-private partnership with the Global Environment Facility establishing a regional sustainable development initiative in Romania focused on agriculture, tourism and protected area creation (the ADEPT project), now an independent NGO.
He served as Executive Director of Code REDD, a trade association focused on the UN REDD+ mechanism, designed for carbon markets and accounting to make sustainable forest management more economically attractive than unsustainable development and forest loss. Where his work was split between policy and market research as well as engaging the public and businesses to finance and support REDD+ projects via the Stand For Trees platform.
Michael previously held several private sector carbon market principal and advisory positions, including with RDMLT, Carbon Neutral Royalty, Bioeconomy PTE and Nature Focus, and has been an advisor to corporates, NGOs, governments and multi-lateral institutions.
Dr. Gustavo Ramirez
Technical Director
Gustavo Ramírez Ramírez holds a Ph.D. in Tropical Natural Resource Management from the University of Yucatán. He has over 24 years of experience in sustainability, forest management, and carbon project development.
He served as Technical and Carbon Director at Nature Focus, managing nature-based solutions (NBS) projects in Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama. He also served as Forestry Director at The Earth Lab, a Mexican environmental and construction services group. In these roles, he has led the development of 17 nature-based carbon projects and provided carbon verification services for third parties. His experience spans methodologies such as Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation (ARR), Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+), Improved Forest Management (IFM), and mangrove restoration (WRC).
Previously, he was Project Coordinator at Santa Genoveva Forestal, Consultant for PDVSA through CIDIAT on infrastructure planning with environmental mitigation, and was Private Lands Specialist (for Ecuador, Colombia, Northern Peru & Venezuela) at The Nature Conservancy.
Gustavo also served as a Research Professor at the Universidad de Los Andes, where he taught courses in Forest Economics and Forest Management.
Management Team
Adolfo Patron
Operations Director
Adolfo Patron has over 10 years of experience in rural development, working in different types of organizations from International Development Funds to startups, consultancy groups and local NGO’s having worked on project evaluation, financing, development, and operations with experience in Asia, Europe, Africa but mainly North and South America.
He co-founded Cultivo Land PBC, a climate fintech focused on building portfolios of nature-based solutions projects. At Cultivo, he led the design and development of the land restoration projects pipeline. Adolfo was responsible for overseeing project design and development, building alliances and managing relationships with the landowners and project suppliers. His technical experience spans sustainable grazing, improved forest management, agroforestry, reforestation, and wetland restoration.
In his role as Operations Director, Adolfo leverages his expertise in project development and stakeholder management to guide projects from design through to implementation.
Edwin Gutiérrez
Carbon GIS Manager
Edwin Gutiérrez is a Forest Engineer and MBA with specialization in project management and carbon markets. He has over five years of experience developing and certifying Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) and AFOLU carbon projects across Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and the Mediterranean region.
As a Senior Expert in Carbon Methodologies and AFOLU, Edwin leads the technical design and validation of REDD+, ARR, and ALM projects, applying internationally recognized standards such as Verra methodologies and ISO 14064. His expertise spans emissions modeling, baseline development, additionality assessment, and performance benchmarking.
He has contributed to the certification of more than two million hectares of AFOLU projects and provides technical leadership in GIS and geospatial analysis using QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, and Google Earth Engine. Edwin works closely with project developers, auditors, and local communities to ensure technical excellence and strong environmental and social integrity.
Advisors & Partners
Aidan Stretch
Emilio Cano
Aidan Stretch based in Bangkok, is an experienced climate and tech investment principal and currently serves as an investment manager at Synova an Asia focused clean tech fund. He has been an investment partner and advisor to several nature based carbon projects in Laos and Indonesia through Syngenera, as well as enhanced rock weathering projects in the US and Africa.
His work in climate investments has included establishing captive insurance programs for new plant construction, to de-risk and scale growth capital. As an advisor Aidan supports NBP's operational, investment and insurance expertise and is a conduit for our investment and project development pipeline.
Emilio Cano based in Mexico City, has led several sustainability programs & businesses in the US, Latin America & Spain. He cofounded Ecobanca (specialist trust fund and PPP services for the environment), E-Waste Solutions (commercial recycling) and Norcantabric (sustainable aquaculture).
He previously worked in automotive and industrial investments, and at the University of Iberoamerica Business School teaching sustainable business plan development, as well as at the World Resources Institute. As an advisor Emilio's experience of forestry mitigation banking, environmental PPPs, sustainability investing and finance, as well as networks in Mexico and LATAM, provide NBP enhanced access and knowledge in focus geographies, development operations and investment strategies.
Nature For Justice (N4J) is a US non-profit, with programs and team members in the US, UK, Canada, Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia. By centering social justice in conservation and agricultural finance, N4J fills a critical gap – ensuring that the benefits of climate and nature investments flow equitably to frontline communities, while upholding integrity and long-term sustainability. Rather than commodifying nature in isolation, N4J recognizes the inseparability of land, water, plants, animals, culture, and Indigenous rights. This partnership brings N4J’s expertise on co-creating projects with Indigenous People and Local Communities to NBP's nature-based carbon investments and projects, and NBP's investment management experience to help scale N4J's work.
Nature-Based Carbon Projects
We design and implement ARR, IFM, blue carbon, REDD+ and ag land management projects under leading carbon standards (Verra, CAR, ACR, ERS, Gold Standard).
Technical Rigor & Carbon Accounting
We ensure high-integrity baselines, leakage and permanence strategies, and robust MRV usingfield data and spatial models.
Stakeholder Engagement & Co-Benefits
Projects are co-designed with local communities and integrate biodiversity, water, and social development co-benefits.
Regional & Global Impact
We operate across the tropics and Americas, aligning our work with SDGs, NDCs, and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.