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Washington, Dc, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Coordinate delivery of ESG programs for corporate, banking, and government clients throughout Latin America and Caribbean. Mobilizing KPMG support from experts in strategy, finance, infrastructure, ESG reporting, and assurance to improve the environmental and social outcomes of our clients.

Toronto, On, Ca

Coordinate the delivery of strategic and technical support to KPMG clients through the IDAS Institute. Role involves strategic leadership on innovative financing tools, development of impact investing initiatives, and design of Institute's business strategy in developing countries. Clients include governments, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, and non-profit organizations. Public speaking and publications on development topics. • Strategy and policy formulation • Innovative financing & project solutions • Management and board support • Public private partnerships • Results measurement and evaluation

Toronto, On, Ca

The International Development Assistance Services (IDAS) Institute coordinates the delivery of strategic and technical support to KPMG’s member firms. Provide thought leadership and program advice on financing, shared value/impact investing, business strategy, and other global development topics. Focus on producting high-value knowledge products, improved client engagements, and outreach for KPMG’s work in developing countries. The team focuses on enhancing project delivery in engagements with governments, bilateral donors, non-profit organizations, and key development organizations.

Washington, Dc, Us

Led team overseeing strategy and corporate issues for private sector operations for portfolio of $3B in annual approvals. • Member of Executive Committee of Compete Caribbean, a $35M donor grant initiative, provided go/no-go project review and recommendations to improve program design and scaling-up. • Guided climate finance team in market analysis and resource mobilization efforts leading to new operations for private sector windows.• Reviewed grant programs prior to board approval for strategic focus, technical quality, and impact.• Developed market analysis to gauge demand for private sector investments in key sectors as part of branding for new private sector organization.• Developed private sector strategies to support investment operations in 12 countries and 26 sectors based on collaboration across 4 operational windows.

Washington, Dc, Us

Team leader for loans and technical assistance grants totaling over $500M focused on policy reforms and private sector development.• Designed innovative projects with public and private sector partners in agriculture, business development, trade and investment, and technology sectors. • Developed and deployed new tools to measure market demand, including enterprise surveys carried out in 25 Latin American and Caribbean economies.• Created grant fund and raised $1.5M of donor finance for innovative projects incorporating impact evaluations of public policies. • Led analytical work on measuring institutional effectiveness, identifying barriers to business formation, and role of public sector banks in development.

Washington, Dc, Us

Policy advisor to manager of 120-person department focused on sustainable development topics. • Increased brand recognition by preparing multi-sector studies, including poverty study that was presented to regional Presidents at “Summit of the Americas”. • Oversaw quality review for outreach activities and dissemination of best practice studies and strategies.• Led team developing an internet site promoting sector knowledge that attracted 100K+ visitors/month.• Managed oversight and business planning for $10M budget, including technical assistance and funding of research and development activities.

Washington, Dc, Us

Infrastructure project finance specialist providing advisory services and research on infrastructure finance. Team member for design of Bank guarantee program and for studies of infrastructure requirements in the Southern Cone and Caribbean. Coordinator and trainer for courses onregulation and infrastructure finance, and author of publications on public private partnerships in infrastructure development.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Development Economics And International Development

Master Of Arts (Ma), International Relations And Affairs

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics