About the blog

Enrique Domínguez

Economist, MSc., BA., with over 19 years of experience in applied economics, infrastructure and public policy. Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and Fiscal Specialist at the Vice-presidency for Countries at the IDB. At the moment, working with multiple governments of the IDB's country members in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) on sustainable PPP infrastructure schemes, with focus on gender and vulnerable groups inclusion, project evaluation and prioritization, and impact assessment to identify and foster high-value projects, guaranteeing fiscal sustainability and expanding public-private investment opportunities. In the past, in Mexico, I led the PPP Department at the Water National Commission, worked to efficiently allocate fiscal resources in economic and social infrastructure development (transportation, water and sanitation, energy, health and education) in the Ministry of Finance, and developed significant energy regulations to drive private investments in the sector at the National Hydrocarbons Commission. Recently, I have authored and co-authored publications on PPP prioritization, resilience, fiscal sustainability and inclusion, and worked on several dissemination strategies to foster PPP infrastructure knowledge.

Enrique Rebolledo

Enrique Rebolledo es oficial de sinergias público privadas en cambio climático en BID Invest, con más de 16 años de experiencia en financiación climática. Ha sido experto para la Comisión Europea, desarrollador de proyectos de reducción de emisiones, y promotor de inversiones público y privadas para aumentar la resiliencia climática. Su principal interés es integrar el riesgo climático en las operaciones de las entidades financieras.

Equipo Cambio Climático

El equipo servicios de asesoría en cambio climático está a cargo de dar asesorías en tecnologías, técnicas y productos que sean bajos en carbono y resilientes al clima. Trabajamos con empresas de todos los sectores para que puedan mitigar los riesgos que enfrentan, capitalizar las oportunidades de negocios, repensar el uso que hacen de la energía y además ahorrar dinero. Los gobiernos de todo el mundo están trabajando en soluciones para los desafíos que impone el cambio climático, pero convertir en realidad las esperanzas que nacieron del Acuerdo de París también exigirá innovación e inversión por parte del sector privado.

Equipo de Género BID Invest

En BID Invest asumimos un compromiso total con la diversidad y la igualdad de género porque sabemos que las empresas están mejor equipadas para tener éxito cuando pueden aprovechar la energía y capacidad de toda su mano de obra: hombres y mujeres por igual. Tener un mayor acceso a oportunidades empodera a los individuos, fomenta las metas de desarrollo, hace que las empresas sean más competitivas y mejora los resultados.

Equity and Mezzanine Team

The Equity and Mezzanine team at IDB Invest is responsible for sourcing, originating, structuring, closing and supporting the supervision of direct equity investments (growth equity and venture capital) and mezzanine financing to support innovative, disruptive, high-growth and competitive companies in Latin America and the Caribbean. The team includes five professionals with a seasoned international expertise in investment structuring and management: Julius Landell-Mills, Javier Barsantini, Cristobal Salas, Mónica Salazar and Carlos Sánchez.

Eric Ulloa

Eric has been an Investment Operations Consultant at IDB Invest since 2021, first supporting the origination and structuring of high-impact financing operations for financial intermediaries in Central America and Mexico and recently in supervising projects for the financial intermediary segments. , infrastructure and energy in the southern cone and Andean region. Eric has played various roles in both the public and private sectors. Before joining the IDB Group he worked as Relationship Manager for the Government sector at Banistmo, a subsidiary in Panama of Grupo Bancolombia. Eric has a Bachelor's degree in Finance from Southern Methodist University (Dallas, USA) and a Master's degree in International Business and Policy from Georgetown University (Washington DC, USA).

Ernesto Cuestas

Ernesto is an Investment Officer, Financial Institutions at IDB Invest, which he joined in 2017. He is responsible for originating and structuring solutions that expand access to financial services with banks and financial institutions in Central America, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. He previously worked at IDB’s Assessment and Supervision Office, where he analyzed the performance of debt and capital operations through financial institutions. Before joining the IDB Group, Ernesto worked for Bancolombia Group in El Salvador as Financial Analyst and Credit Risk Officer for corporate banking. He subsequently worked for the Salvadoran government in a project to develop public-private partnerships financed by the Millennium Challenge Corporation and co-chaired the design of a facility to attract foreign investment. Ernesto earned a master’s degree in advanced management from Yale University (USA) and a professional degree in economics from Escuela Superior de Economía y Negocios - ESEN (El Salvador).

Eusebio Garre

Eusebio Garre is the Director - Head of Funding of IDB Invest, where he manages IDB Invest's global borrowing program and investor relations activities. Eusebio joined IDB Invest after 13 years at Deutsche Postbank in Germany, where he managed $30-40 billions of annual capital and money market funding programs as Head of Liquidity and Capital Management. Eusebio holds a graduate degree in economics (Diplom Volkswirt) from the University of Cologne, Germany and executive certifications from the IESE Business School, Barcelona and the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT), Berlin.

Eva Heiss

Eva Heiss is a principal environmental and social risk specialist at IDB Invest, which finances private-sector projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. In her role, she is dedicated, among others, to receiving, managing, and monitoring environmental and social grievances. Her expertise includes non-financial risk analysis, stakeholder engagement, conflict analysis, and social conflict mediation. Before joining IDB Invest, she worked on strategic outreach, dispute resolution, and generating lessons learned in the IDB Group's accountability office. She has experience in multi-sectoral sustainable development initiatives, both in the non-governmental, multilateral, and private sector. Eva has a Master's degree in Climate Change and Development from the University of Sussex in England and a Diploma in Management and International Trade from the University of Applied Sciences in Germany, in addition to training in environmental and social conflict mediation.

Fabián Montemiranda

Fabián is a consultant in the Strategy, Planning, and Synergies Division at IDB Invest, where he develops strategic analysis focused on mobilizing private capital in Latin America and the Caribbean. He has also worked with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in the Infrastructure and Energy Division, supporting the structuring of projects in water, sanitation, and energy. Before joining the IDB Group, he served as director of structuring and investment banking at Colombia’s National Development Finance Institution (FDN), where he contributed to the structuring and financing of infrastructure projects and public‑private partnerships (PPPs) in strategic sectors such as transport and energy. He has more than 13 years of experience in project finance, investment banking, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions transactions. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and international business and a master’s degree in finance from the University of the Andes.

Fabio Fagundes

Chief Products Officer 

Fabio Jose Fagundes has led Financial Products & Services since IDB Invest’s inception, especially the investment strategy of Blended Finance, DCM & Structured Finance, Equity and Mezzanine, Resource Mobilization & Asset Sharing and Trade & Supply Chain Finance. He has enhanced our development impact with more than 50 financial solutions driving product innovation by bringing over 30 years of experience in global financial markets having worked in Brazil, United Kingdom, Spain and in the USA. Prior to IDB Invest, he was the Global Head of Trade Asset Mobilization at Santander Headquarters. Fabio is a dual citizen of Brazil and the United Kingdom and holds an EMBA from TRIUM, an alliance of NYU Stern, LSE and HEC, and an MBA in Finance from IBMEC (Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets).

Fabrizio Opertti

Fabrizio Opertti is the Integration and Trade Sector Manager of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Previously, he directed the IDB Division of Trade and Investment, between 2011 and 2018. He directed the creation and organization of several of the main trade forums of the IDB, among the Americas Business Summit and the Global Services Forum - Outsource2LAC. He obtained an MBA from Johns Hopkins Business School, a Masters in Science from the Georgetown University Foreign Service School and a Bachelor's Degree in International Political Economy from American University.