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In a career of over 15 years at leading global organizations in corporate and development finance, I haveacquired a diverse skill set spanning financial strategy planning, financial operations management, financialanalysis/reporting, portfolio management, treasury management, and risk management and compliance. Ihave leveraged this expertise to drive innovative, client-oriented strategies/programs, analytical tools,operational frameworks, and partnerships that have fostered consistent asset growth in line withenterprise goals and regulatory standards.Key Career Impressions:★ Led a recapitalization initiative from parent holding company by negotiating with multiplestakeholders, BoD and Donors.★ Managed annual budget and business strategy for IDB Lab, resulting in 20% increased budget efficiencyin service/vendor level agreements for the 2023 budget.★ Spearheaded the design and implementation of multiple innovative client-oriented solutions at IDBaimed at cultivating and establishing public sector relationships with Latin America’s central bankcommunity.★ Provided strategic direction for bank-wide IDB projects - including a Treasury, Risk and ComplianceSystem (TRAC) and Integrated Capital Adequacy and Portfolio Analytics (ICAPA) - as a certified PMP toenhance operational efficiencies.★ Developed and launched an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investment framework forcredit sectors at IDB in consultation with multilateral development banks (MDBs) and asset managers inthe private industry.★ Managed 30% of a $40B portfolio at IDB comprising high-grade bank and corporate investments(including currency swaps), delivering 10 basis points on average excess returns for 2017-2020 whileenabling diversification within risk constraints.

Listed skills include Fixed Income, Portfolio Management, Credit Analysis, Finance, and 9 others.