Luis acts as the General Manager and legal representative of the Profafor. He has a bachelor in forestry and a Master´s degree en Forest Genetics and has professional experience of almost 40 years in tropical silviculture, forest genetics, forest and carbon certification and forest carbon projects. He has been working in PROFAFOR since 1999 on the design, formulation and implementation of A/R forest carbon and REDD projects under the voluntary market. In the past twelve years, he has worked intensively with indigenous communities in forest and carbon certification and reduction of emissions.