Clara Colina is a Director at ISF Advisors, where she co-leads the firm’s strategic advisory and research work across agricultural finance, digital agriculture and food-systems innovation. She brings more than a decade of experience working with foundations, development organizations and private-sector actors to translate evidence and market insights into actionable strategies and interventions. Clara currently leads key elements of ISF’s work on the Gates Foundation AgriPay Catalyst, including synthesizing evidence around adoption, commercial viability and scale. She is also co-author of ISF’s latest AgTech Investment in Emerging Markets State of the Sector research as well as the 2025, 2019 and 2015 Ag Finance State of the Sector reports. Earlier in her career, Clara served as Program Manager for the Mastercard Foundation Rural and Agricultural Finance Learning Lab, Director for the IDH Intelligence Center and Manager at Dalberg. Clara started her career at Bain & Company and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School where she specilized in Social Entrepreneurship.