Matilde is Investment Officer in Financial Institutions at IDB Invest, where she joined in 2017. Matilde is responsible for the relationship with the Uruguayan financial market, while originating and structuring transactions with Financial Intermediaries of the Southern Cone and expanding access to financial services throughout the region. Within the IDB Group, her focus is the structuring of sustainable finance operations. She has participated in sovereign guaranteed operations and technical assistance, as well as in loan transactions, capital markets and capital investments that promote access to financing for SMEs, financial inclusion, women's empowerment and climate change mitigation. Before joining IDB Invest, he worked at the IDB Group both at the IDB public window and at the IDB Lab. He was a Credit Analyst at Itaú Unibanco and Research Assistant at the renowned think tank of the Center for the Study of Economic and Social Reality (CERES), among others. Matilde has a Master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Glasgow (Scotland), as well as a Master's degree in Finance and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of the Republic (Uruguay).
Recent global political and financial tensions highlight the importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors for the region’s banking sector. A study provides key conclusions on the early adoption of these factors in the Southern Cone.