Edgar L. Cabañas

Edgar is an experienced professional in the field of structuring corporate finance, credit guarantees, supply chain finance, equity investments and project finance. He leads investment project teams within the Digital Economy at the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest). In 2014, he received the prestigious IDB Ortiz Mena award by the Inter-American Development Bank for improving efficiency and corporate solutions of the Bank through an innovative long-term local currency financing product and in 2019 & 2020 the LatinFinance Social Infrastructure Deal of the year and IJ Global Telecom of the year respectively for the equity investment in Internet Para Todos (Peru). With solid experience in leading a diverse pool of professionals, client relationship management, business development, structuring, and managing complex, multi-million dollar financial transactions in Latin America in industrial sectors such as cement, agribusiness, pulp and paper, textile, and telecom. Before the IDB Invest, he held a number of positions at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) including Advisor to the Executive Director for Uruguay, Bolivia, and Paraguay, Alternate Executive Director at the Multilateral Investment Fund, Private Sector Country Coordinator and Senior Investment Officer at the Inter-American Development Bank. Prior to joining the IDB Group, he worked as a Corporate Relationship Manager and Head of the Stress Asset Management Unit at Citigroup. He holds an MBA and MPA from the American University of Paraguay, and Kansas State University, including postgraduate studies in conflict resolution & Negotiation Mastery at Georgetown University and Harvard University respectively.