Mary Bacus
Financial Specialist
Mary helps clients navigate complex financial and regulatory environments. At Castalia, she specializes in financial analysis and modelling to support regulation and drive private investment in critical infrastructure.
Prior to Castalia, she worked with multilateral institutions like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, where she contributed to shaping financial strategies for key Public-Private Partnership projects in the Philippines. She is also an experienced data scientist and AI specialist, combining mathematics with data to transform various industries.
Mary is driven to solve real-world challenges and create lasting impact through her models, from improving local economies with more efficient transportation to powering cities with clean energy.
Q&A
If you could rid the world of one thing, what would it be?
Circular references
What’s your favorite book and why?
The Little Prince because it is an artifact of the wisdom I had as a child
If you can instantly become an expert in something, what would it be?
Surviving the next global threat – or parenting
