Our Corporate Structure

Mr. Scriven is the CEO of IDB Invest, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group’s private sector institution, with $12.1 billion in assets under management and 330 clients in 22 countries. IDB Invest is a multilateral development bank focused on serving its clients and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean. A dual Argentine/British citizen, Mr. Scriven was previously Vice President of Corporate Risk and Sustainability at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in addition to other leadership positions. Before joining the IFC, Mr. Scriven was Chief Financial Officer of Banco Hipotecario in Argentina. During the past two decades, he has concentrated his efforts on promoting the private sector in development. Mr. Scriven holds a Master´s degree in Finance from Universidad del Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos of Argentina, and a degree in Business Administration from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina.

Orlando Ferreira, a national of Paraguay, served as Chief Operating Officer of the IIC (now IDB Invest) before becoming Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Ferreira joined the organization as a Senior Adviser in 2006 and has held several Division Chief positions. He served as a board member of the IDB Group from 1999 to 2005. Prior to his service at the IDB Group, Mr. Ferreira worked for 15 years in the construction, financial and advisory services sectors in Paraguay. He holds a degree in economics from the Universidad Nacional de Asunción in Paraguay and a master’s degree in finance from The George Washington University.

Chief Investment Officer Gema Sacristán, a national of Spain, joined the IDB in December 2008 as an Investment Officer in the Structured Corporate Financing Department, where she subsequently became Chief of the Financial Markets Division. Prior to that, she held several leadership positions in commercial and investment banks in Madrid, London and New York, including Director of the Export and Agency Finance Unit for the Americas at BBVA New York and Vice President and Product Manager for Global Trade Finance at Banco Santander in New York. She holds degrees in economics and business administration from the Universidad Autónoma in Madrid; a master’s in international trade and business from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid; and a master’s in sustainability leadership from Cambridge University, in the United Kingdom.

Chief Finance and Administration Officer Rocío Palafox, a national of Mexico, came to the IIC (now IDB Invest) from GE Capital in Mexico, where she had worked since 1994. In various leadership positions there, she helped to assess investment opportunities, handled financial planning and analysis, and played a key role in the acquisition of several portfolios and the consolidation of the lending business. In 2011, she was promoted to Chief Financial Officer of GE Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, where she led the creation of a shared services center for Latin America in Monterrey. Prior to joining GE Capital, Ms. Palafox worked for a tax advisory firm in Mexico City and taught at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM). She earned a bachelor’s degree in public accounting from ITAM in 1992.

A national of Brazil and the United Kingdom, Rosemary Jeronimides is General Counsel of IDB Invest. She had served as Chief Counsel of the Non-Sovereign Guaranteed Operations Division of the IDB Legal Department beginning in August 2007. Prior to that, she worked as an attorney in several international law firms with a primary focus on cross-border financing in Latin America and the Caribbean. Ms. Jeronimides has a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University.

Rachel Robboy is Chief Risk Officer of IDB Invest. Ms. Robboy, a U.S. citizen, previously led the IDB Invest Portfolio Management team, supervising a more than $11 billion portfolio of projects throughout the region. Her leadership spans origination, structuring, portfolio supervision and management advisory. Over the past two decades, Ms. Robboy has held high-level positions at the Inter-American Development Bank, such as Chief of the Portfolio Management Division and advisor to the Vice President for Private Sector and Non-Sovereign Guaranteed Operations, as well as other senior roles in the Infrastructure Division and the Special Operations Unit. Ms. Robboy holds an MBA in international finance and a master’s in international affairs from The George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University, both in Washington, D.C.