Marisela Alvarenga

Marisela is the head of the Financial Intermediaries division at IDB Invest, where she joined in 2008. She is responsible for leading the business strategy and coverage of financial intermediaries. She has led the structuring of broadcasts locally and internationally; securitizations and corporate and structured financing; the expansion of financial services with foreign trade and sustainable finance products for the expansion of financing to women entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized companies, housing and foreign trade. Before joining the IDB Group, Marisela worked for the institutional and corporate segment at Citibank, based in El Salvador, where she served as chief finance officer for that segment in Central America. Previously, she worked at Banco Cuscatlan as a corporate finance manager and head of financial planning. Marisela has a master's degree in Business Administration from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, specializing in banking and finance, through the exchange program with the Otto Beisheim Business School (WHU) in Germany. She also has a degree in business and administration from the Escuela Superior de Economía y Negocios - ESEN (El Salvador).