Gabriela is the Director of Financial Institutions Sector for the Andean region at IDB Invest, the private arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Gabriela, an ecuadorian national, is responsible for the origination and structuring of financing operations for the financial sector and capital markets in the Andean region. She has over 19 years of experience in multilateral banking and has led several projects in the financial, capital markets, and corporate sectors in Latin America that have promoted sustainable finance.

Before working for IDB Invest, Gabriela was an Investment Officer for the private sector of IDB in Washington, DC, where she led projects with financial institutions and corporate companies that sought to meet the needs of the base of the socio-economic pyramid in Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to this, she was a financial consultant in the IDB's Fiduciary and Procurement Department in Ecuador, where she oversaw financial monitoring of public sector credit operations. Before joining the IDB, she worked in the Internal Control Department of ABN-Amro Bank, branch in Ecuador.

Gabriela holds an MBA in Finance from Johns Hopkins University and a postgraduate degree from the Leadership Development Program for Minority Managers from the same institution. She also has a certification in Circular Economy and Sustainability Strategies from the University of Cambridge. Gabriela is a Business Administration Engineer and a Certified Public Accountant, both degrees obtained from the Catholic University of Ecuador.