He is a strategy and finance professional with expertise in implementing high level financial and economic-engineering solutions to increase profitability and development impact. He overhauled IFC’s strategies for Affordable Housing and Property Development and is helping to bolster IFC’s Green Building investments in Emerging Markets. Prior to joining IFC, Gabriel held senior positions in Investment Banking at Rothschild and Banamex/Citibank.

 

Gabriel is Civil Engineer, obtained with the highest honors magna cum laude from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, or UNAM, and holds an MBA in corporate finance from the Instituto Panamericano de Alta Direccion de Empresa, or IPADE. He has been widely published on the subjects of Real Estate, Affordable Housing and Private Sector Development in Emerging Markets. 

 

Gabriel is a multi-sector global banker with focal expertise in: origination and structuring of international investment transactions, especially loan, mezzanine and equity deals. Whether challenged to develop strategic business plans, manage information systems, conduct high-level contract negotiations, or build key alliances and partnerships. Gabriel has originated, structured, and placed a large number of complex investment transactions throughout the Americas, in both the local and international markets (capital and bank). He is quite knowledgeable on Environmental and Social issues, Impact Investing, as well as sales intelligence.

 

Specialties: Corporate finance, impact investing, origination, structuring debt, credit enhancement (for bond issues), mezzanine (quasi-equity) and equity transactions, including asset-based funding, domestic and cross-border securitization, project finance, strategy and finance consultancy, investment science/asset and risk management.

 

Active speaker in international forums and events related to Emerging Markets, Private Sector Development, Private Equity, and Real Estate.

 

He is fluent in English, Spanish. Conversational in Portuguese.