Alfonso Ponce-Alvarez, was born in Mexico in 1978, he joined the French building research center, CSTB, in 2005 and represented France at the Board of Directors of the United Nations Environment Program’s Sustainable Building and Climate Change Inititaive (UNEP-SBCI). Alfonso also held the position of Secretary General of the Sustainable Building Alliance (SB Alliance) during his time at CSTB.
In 2010 Alfonso Joined Deloitte Real Estate in France and lead the Deloitte’s Global Community of Practice Sustainability and Real Estate. He subsequently served as Director of Corporate solutions at Jones Lang Lasalle in London.
Today Alfonso is an Associate Partner at Foster + Partners and co-leads the sustainability group which offers a wide range of design transforming skills to Foster + Partners’ projects at city and building level.
Alfonso is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), a LEED AP BD+C and ND and a BREEAM licensed international assessor.