Sectors

Guillermo Foscarini

Guillermo is the Head of Agribusiness at IDB Invest where he manages an annual investment program of more than US$300 million with a team of investment officers across the region. He joined the IDB Group in 2019 after spending almost 17 years at the International Finance Corporation, private-sector arm of the World Bank Group, where he held several senior investment and development banking positions as Principal Investment Officer in Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services and in the Investment & Credit Departments. During his tenure at IFC Guillermo originated, structured and supervised more than 50 corporate and project finance transactions, as well as equity and cuasi-equity investments throughout the agribusiness value chain in Africa, Asia and Latin America totaling more than US$2.5B. Guillermo holds a CPA degree from the Universidad Católica de Córdoba (Argentina), MBA from Universidad del CEMA (Argentina) and a MSc in Risk Management from New York University (NY, USA).

Fernando Cubillos

Fernando Cubillos is the Energy's Head at IDB Invest. A Chilean national, is an energy and climate finance expert, with 24 years experience and deep knowledge in power and carbon markets. He has structured, financed, and managed energy and carbon related projects and transactions in Latin America and Africa. Fernando holds an Industrial and Electric Engineering degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland, USA.

Cristina Simón Morientes

Cristina Simón is Head of Social Infrastructure at IDB Invest. Prior to that she was Director at Infrastructure Finance and PPPs Unit at Deloitte in Colombia, Brazil, and Spain and Director at Asesores de Infraestructuras, integrated in Deloitte in 2008. Before that, she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Department of Infrastructures, Government & Utilities. With more than eighteen years of experience she is specialized in Infrastructure finance. Cristina holds a Business degree from the Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros of Madrid (Complutense University) and a Master’s Degree in Corporate Finance and Investment Banking from the Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles of Madrid.

Rodrigo Navas

Rodrigo Navas has a long career of more than twenty years working in International Finance for local, regional, and global banks. Rodrigo, a Costa Rican national, is the Head for Manufacturing at IDB Invest and has worked for more than ten years at the IDB headquarters in Washington, D.C., promoting sustainable development in the Latin American and Caribbean region through the structuring and implementation of financial solutions for private sector clients. His broad experience includes loans and equity and quasi-equity investments for financial institutions, corporate clients, MSEs, infrastructure project financing and syndications, debt and investment recovery, among others.

Guillermo Mulville

Guillermo Mulville is British-Argentine is Head of the investment portfolio of Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) at IDB Invest. He joined the organization in 2016 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Guillermo has led specialized investment teams in the industry and has worked in a multitude of transactions in the sector, throughout Latin America (as well as in Europe and Africa), since the early '90s. Before working at BID Invest, he spent more than 9 years at the International Finance Corporation (IFC, of ​​the World Bank Group), where he was Head of TMT for the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Prior to that, he worked for 12 years at ABN AMRO Bank throughout the region, as well as for Enron International. He was also a member of the boards of Pan-African and Pan-American broadband and distribution companies. Guillermo holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of San Andrés and a Master in Finance from the Universidad del CEMA, in Argentina.

Felipe Ezquerra

Felipe Ezquerra is the Head of Transport at the Infrastructure and Energy Division of IDB Invest. Felipe, a Spanish national, has extensive knowledge and international experience in structuring, financing, and managing transport projects in Latin America and Spain. Prior to joining IDB Invest, he was the CFO of Arteris, S.A. and CFO of OHL Concesiones, S.A.. An expert in financial markets, Felipe has managed IP's in Brazil and Mexico and has structured complex long-term market debt bonds and infrastructure loans in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Spain. Throughout his career he has managed several growth and restructuring processes linked to the integration of acquired and merged companies. Felipe holds a Master Degree in Naval Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain.

Rogerio Basso

With over 20 years of real estate and hospitality experience, Rogerio Basso leads all initiatives related to tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean for the IDB Invest, the private sector division of the Inter-American Development Bank Group. In his capacity as Head, he is responsible for origination, transactions, and for executing the IDB Invest's tourism strategy in the region, offering a variety of financial instruments including debt, quasi-equity and equity. Rogerio holds a Business Degree from the College of William and Mary and a Masters Degree from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University.

Yvon Mellinger

Yvon Mellinger, a French national, is a Head of Water and Sanitation, with more than 30 years of experience in infrastructure construction and operations of supply companies. Prior to joining BID Invest, Yvon worked for 12 years in the IDB Water and Sanitation division, as a leader in the preparation and execution of sovereign guaranteed loan operations. Previously, Yvon was General Manager of INTERAGUA, a water and sanitation company in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and a developer of International Water Ltd. projects. Yvon also worked for Vinci and Spie Batignolles Group. Yvon is a civil engineer from ESTP, in Paris, and has a business administration degree (DEES CAAE) from the University of Nancy, in France.

Sandra Reyes

Sandra Reyes is the head in charge of promoting financings transactions for Financial Intermediaries in the Andean Region for BID Invest. Ms. Reyes is an expert in financial markets and has led operations in Latin America mobilizing more than US $ 1 billion in financing operations, capital markets and capital investments. The different operations have promoted access to financing in the region, women empowerment and climate change mitigation. Prior to joining the IDB Group, Ms. Reyes worked as Capital Markets Director for a Colombian Investment Bank belonging to Aval Holdings. Ms. Reyes studied Finance and International Relations at the Universidad Externado de Colombia and an MBA at the INALDE Business School.

Jan Petter Eskildsen

Jan is head of Financial Intermediaries for Central America and Mexico at IDB Invest. Jan, a Panamanian national, has over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. He joined IDB invest in 2017 to lead the origination and structuring of impact investments in financial intermediaries in the Central American region from IDB Invest’s Panama City office. Prior to joining IDB Invest, Jan worked at UBS and Lazard providing financial advisory to corporate and financial services clients across the US and Latin America. He holds an LL.B. in Law and Political Science from the Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua in Panama and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Michael Apel

A pragmatic and deal-oriented banker with an extensive track record in originating, structuring, negotiating, closing and cross-selling transactions throughout the Latin American and Caribbean region, Michael Apel is Head of Financial Intermediaries for Caribbean Region (a.i). A U.S. national, Michael has carried out lending operations with SMEs and financial institutions complemented with extensive experience in providing non-financial products and services through international consulting work, advisory services, and technical assistance. Before IDB Invest, Michael worked at both Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand in international privatization activities, where he worked in projects throughout Asia and Latin America. Michael holds a B.A. in Literature from Carleton College and an M.A. in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

Diego Flaiban

An expert in financial markets and sustainable financing, Diego Flaiban is the Southern Cone Head for Financial Intermediaries at BID Invest. Mr. Flaiban has partnered with 50+ financial intermediaries in LAC and has been responsible for more than $1 billion in sustainable financing and technical assistance to promote access to financing for climate change projects, women-led SMEs and trade. Prior to joining the IDB Group, Mr. Flaiban worked as a Senior Financial Institution Consultant for Arthur Andersen and Deloitte. Mr. Flaiban is a Public Accountant from University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Virginia, USA.

Terence Gallagher

Terence Gallagher is a British national, based in Washington. He began his career as an investment banker at Citigroup, where he spent 9 years supporting emerging market governments and corporates access the international capital markets, working from London, New York and São Paulo. Since 1999, he has dedicated himself to Microfinance, initially working as a consultant for diverse organizations such as Accion International, Development Alternatives Incorporated, and PlaNet Finance. He joined the IFC in 2008 in Rio de Janeiro where he spent 10 years as a Specialist for Micro and Small Enterprise Finance, responsible for investments in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. As of April 2018, Terence moved to Washington to join IDB Invest as head of Financial Inclusion. He has a Masters degrees in Economics from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Andrés Ackermann

Andrés is Head in the Financial Institutions Division of IDB Invest. He has been with the IDB Group since 2009, focusing on financial markets and institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. In his current role, he heads IDB' Invest fund investment activities covering private equity, mezzanine and credit funds. Mr. Ackermann is also member of the advisory committees of several private equity funds in which IDB Invest invested. He holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Boston College and Master’s degree in Economics from Florida International University. He is a CFA charterholder.