Who are Pachama's decision-makers?
Pachama's leadership centers on Diego Saez Gil (Co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer), Tomas Aftalion (Co-founder and former CTO), Jonathan Goldberg (Founder and CEO, Carbon Direct).
- CEO
- Diego Saez Gil
- CTO/key exec
- Tomas Aftalion
- Founded
- 2018
- Employees
- Acquired team; many Pachama team members joined Carbon Direct
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA / Carbon Direct
- Notable
- Acquired by Carbon Direct
- Diego Saez GilCo-founder and former Chief Executive OfficerFounder from 2018 until 2025 acquisitionJoined Carbon Direct after the acquisition and is listed on Carbon Direct's team.
- Tomas AftalionCo-founder and former CTOCo-founder from 2018Machine learning leader and public Pachama co-founder.
- Jonathan GoldbergFounder and CEO, Carbon DirectAcquirer CEOLeads Carbon Direct, which acquired Pachama in November 2025.
Who leads Pachama?
Diego Saez Gil is Co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer; Joined Carbon Direct after the acquisition and is listed on Carbon Direct's team. Tomas Aftalion is Co-founder and former CTO; Machine learning leader and public Pachama co-founder. Jonathan Goldberg is Founder and CEO, Carbon Direct; Leads Carbon Direct, which acquired Pachama in November 2025. The founders' domain context matters because the company is selling into specialized climate, industrial, energy, or materials markets.
Who actually makes buying decisions at Pachama?
Buying decisions likely combine executive strategy with carbon procurement, sustainability, project developers, climate risk, finance, legal, and Carbon Direct platform buyers. Technical validation, safety, finance, operations, and customer-delivery owners are likely to influence larger purchases.
How is Pachama organized as it scales?
Pachama appears organized around product, engineering, commercial deployment, partnerships, and operations. As the company scales, supplier decisions should increasingly involve finance, legal, security, and program owners in addition to founders.
As of June 2026.Sources:Carbon Direct acquires PachamaPachama Series B extension
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