Ignacio joined Flagship Pioneering in early 2013 to lead sustainability venture creation activities. He also focuses on entrepreneurial activities in life sciences more broadly, with a special interest in food, nutrition, and human health.

Ignacio is co-founder and founding CEO of Montai Therapeutics; founding team member and director at Indigo Ag; and the co-founder, founding CEO and Chairman of Inari Agriculture and Invaio Sciences. Ignacio was also co-founder of Senda Biosciences, which merged with another Flagship-founded company, Laronde, to form Sail Biomedicines. Additionally, he is a member of the board of directors of YourBio Health and previously served on the board of Novomer, which was acquired by Danimer Scientific in 2021.

Prior to joining Flagship, Ignacio was founding member and managing director of Syngenta Ventures, the pioneering corporate venture capital group of agricultural giant Syngenta International, the world’s largest agrochemical business. During his tenure at Syngenta, Ignacio was directly involved in corporate strategy and led multiple venture capital investments in agribusiness, biotechnology, and sustainability companies in Europe, North America, and Latin America. Ignacio served on the Board of Directors of Biognosys AG (Switzerland), Population Genetics (England), BoMill AB (Sweden), and Agrinos AS (Norway) among others. He also played a key role in Syngenta’s external corporate venture capital activities managing Syngenta’s relationship as a limited partner with Life Science Partners (LSP) BioVentures, a $100 million agribusiness fund, and Gilde European Food and Agribusiness, a €90 million fund.

Prior to Syngenta, Ignacio was the founding CFO of Progenika Group, where he oversaw the corporate financial strategy, the launch of new companies and spinoffs and the expansion of the group to the U.S. and Latin American markets before the company was acquired by Grifols (NASDAQ: GFRS), the world’s largest supplier of blood plasma products. Earlier, Ignacio spent several years working for Najeti Ventures Fund, investing in software and biotech companies in Europe.

He holds a B.S. in Economics and Business Administration from Deusto University in Spain, and an International M.B.A. from Instituto de Empresa in Spain and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany.

“Indigo’s strong company culture is fueled by its mission and its commitment to our customers and to operational excellence. I’m thrilled to support such a passionate team and continue the company’s important work to better serve its customers, employees, investors, and partners." 

Max joined Indigo in early 2020 to lead Indigo’s work in the development process for Verra’s VM0042 and VMD0053, and the Climate Action Reserve’s Soil Enrichment Protocol. He has since guided the development of Indigo’s large-scale ag soil carbon project, CAR1459, through six independent verifications and the issuance of over 2.1 million carbon credits.

Max’s team covers a range of topics, including GHG accounting standards and methodologies, MRV for carbon credits and supply chain programs, support for commercial activities, corporate ESG strategy, government affairs, and thought leadership and positioning. He represents Indigo as a member of the board of directors for Ag Data Transparent.

He regularly participates in external policy development work, including advisory and working groups for the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market, the Permanence Trust, the Climate Action Reserve, the EU Carbon Removals Expert Group, the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance, the Washington State Department of Ecology, and Environment and Climate Change Canada. He is also a member of the advisory board for Kanop, a leading geospatial intelligence provider for nature-based climate solutions.

Prior to joining Indigo, Max was Policy Director for the Climate Action Reserve, where he spent 11 years. During that time, he authored or co-authored more than two dozen offset project protocols for both voluntary and compliance carbon programs and reviewed hundreds of project verification reports across a diverse array of both natural and industrial project sectors.

He earned a Master of Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he also completed the Graduate Program in Management Practice from the College of Engineering. His graduate focus was corporate environmental management and eco-entrepreneurship. He earned a B.S. in Biology from Davidson College, where he focused on ecology and natural resource management.

Rebecca joined Indigo Ag in 2018 in Customer Relations and has held various roles across the organization. She transitioned to the Carbon team in late 2021 and, the following year, began building and managing strategic partner relationships. Prior to Indigo Ag, Rebecca led software strategy for a financial services company and served as CEO of a small financial institution.