Daniel Shepherd Email & Phone Number

Istanbul, Turkey

Manager of the Environment, Social and Governance Sustainability group at IFC in the Middle East, Central Asia and Turkiye (MCT) region.

Johannesburg Metropolitan Area

Cities Lead for the Infrastructure department at IFC across the Middle East & Africa region, including municipal, waste and water sector. Also covered electricity transmission and distribution.

Leading IFC’s Energy & Water Advisory Services work in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. Work includes direct support for resource efficiency and clean energy solutions for companies in a variety of sectors, development of investment opportunities for renewable energy and improving energy access for the BOP. Previous position with IFC was focused on the Latin America and Caribbean region.

Lima, Peru

Sustainable finance specialist in the access to finance (A2F) group at IFC.

Worked as Senior Operations Officer at the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Lead MIF’s work in a variety of areas such as investment funds targeted towards clean technologies and technical assistance projects focused on environmental management systems (EMS), cleaner production, clean energy and the base of the pyramid, among others.

Colorado/Dominican Republic/Costa Rica

Onshore-Offshore Explorations was a small sustainable tourism company. I led their international programs, including the following:• Developed new programs for small tourism company in foreign countries. • Coordinated grassroots level service projects between students and local communities in rural sections of the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica. • Acted as community liaison/supervisor for a variety of environmental projects.• Developed budgets and coordinated logistics for the different programs.• Hired and trained staff members.

República Dominicana

US Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic, working closely with Plan Cordillera and focused on the following:• Designed and implemented development projects including a rural community aqueduct, agroforestry systems and environmental education programs. • Organized large-scale community reforestation projects and supervised 4-5 workers in a tree nursery. • Participated in national natural resource conferences. • Translated and edited documents and interpreted at official functions.

Edgewater, Maryland

Carried out environmental research that included forestry and agricultural related matters.

Master'S Degree, Environmental Studies

Master'S Degree, International & Development Economics

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology, General

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, University rugby team - Captain

Zoology

Activities and Societies: Rugby team - National Champions 1990