Ralph Chami has over 32 years of experience as a financial economist, with 25 years at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He has also served as a consultant for the World Bank and for the private sector. He is the Co-founder and CEO of Blue Green Future and Rebalance Earth, and holds visiting professor position at Williams College. He is an expert in a range of macro-financial topics including remittances, fragile states, financial inclusion, financial market development, banking regulation and risk management.

Ralph is currently working on climate change and nature and biodiversity loss, developing a new framework for valuing natural capital, fauna and flora, to build an equitable and nature-positive economy. He has developed the new field “Science-Based Finance℠,” and is leading and advising on projects around the globe, working with SIDs, indigenous peoples in South Pacific and Native American tribes in the US, as well as governments in Indonesia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, among others. He has been invited to join the White House Environmental Advisory Task Force by the Chairman Ed Russo, to advise on natural capital.

Ralph is a sought-after speaker on developing nature-positive markets. His work on valuing natural capital has been featured at TED2022, TEDx Florence, NPR, CNN, New York Times, National Geographic, Financial Times, The Economist, The Washington Post, World Economic Forum, among others, and in peer-reviewed journals. He is the recipient of the IMF 2104 Operational Excellence Award, 2020 Hermes Platinum Award, and 2024 MadBlue Five Oceans Award. Ralph is a member of Planetary Guardians and IAPB, is Chief Economist for WAVE, and serves as senior advisor to a number of companies and NGOs including Colossal and Moananui Sanctuary.

Ralph has a BS from the American University of Beirut, an MBA in Finance and Statistics from the University of Kansas, and a Ph.D. in Economics from The Johns Hopkins University. Ralph is a professional musician and songwriter. His latest musical collaboration “Moana.”