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.

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.

Alexandre Meira da Rosa has been appointed Chief Strategy Officer at IDB Invest, as of March 16 2021. Before this, Alexandre was Vice-President for countries of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) since July 2014, and previous to that, he held the position of Infrastructure and Environment Manager of IDB since July 2010. As Vice-President of countries, he was responsible for defining, coordinating and supervising an operational program, managing the programming, the formulation of the Country Strategies, the administration of the Concessional Resources and strengthening cooperation with Civil Society to advance in the development in the region. During his tenure as Manager of the Infrastructure and Environment Sector(INE), the Infrastructure and Environment sector was positioned as the Bank's largest portfolio. He led a team of 190 people in 26 countries structuring and executing approvals in the sectors of Energy, Transport, Agriculture, Tourism, Natural Disasters, Water and Sanitation, and Climate Change. Prior to his appointments at IDB, Mr. Rosa has served as Deputy Minister and Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Planning, in that capacity, he oversaw investments with international funding in the three levels of government and was responsible for coordinating the national policy towards MDBs. He also served as non-executive board member in large financial and energy companies in Brazil. Alexandre Meira da Rosa, has received several awards and honors by his country, other governments and peers in recognition of his public service. Mr. Rosa holds a Bachelor's degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, a master's degree in Economics from the New School for Social Research in New York, an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Finance from the University of California at Berkeley.