Cindy Paladines

Ms. Paladines is Co-Head of Engagement and Active Ownership and a Senior Sustainable Investment Group Analyst at TCW. In this role, she oversees the development and management of TCW’s engagement, active ownership, stewardship, and thought leadership platform. She also covers financials and REITs from an ESG and sustainability perspective. Prior to joining TCW, Ms. Paladines was a task leader on the World Bank Group’s global long term finance team, where she led advisory and lending programs for sovereigns and sub-sovereigns in government debt market development and sustainable finance topics. Previously, she was a Young Professional for the World Bank’s Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, and served in the World Bank’s Indonesia country office. Prior to the World Bank, she worked as a policy advisor to two Under-Secretary Generals at the United Nations, and was a field researcher on Nobel Prize winning impact evaluation work in India with MIT and Yale University. She holds a BA in Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley and an MPA in International Development from Harvard University.