Summary
Sebastian Mateu is an investment banking analyst with nine years of experience bridging finance, coastal resiliency, and community-focused initiatives across South Florida and beyond. A Miami native and former soccer player, he co-founded A Soccer Life Foundation to harness sport for social impact while pursuing interdisciplinary studies in economics, coastal resiliency, and business at UNC and UNC Kenan-Flagler. He has supported climate finance and resilience projects through roles at Climate Finance Partners, UNDRR ARISE, and IISD, combining financial analysis with policy and infrastructure perspectives. Based in New York, he now advises on transactions at Insurance Advisory Partners, applying practical deal experience to resilience-focused investments. Unusually for someone in finance, he is also enrolled in advanced physics and astronomy research at UNC, signaling a strong quantitative and scientific curiosity that complements his policy and market expertise.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration Minor, Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration Minor at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Charles III University of Madrid (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Coastal Resiliency, Economics (BA), Coastal Resiliency, Economics (BA) at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Spanish, French