Paris
As an Investment Officer at the IFC Paris office, Paula is responsible for business development for Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Greece. In these countries, she identifies local companies investing in emerging markets and helps structure the financial package to support their projects. She covers a variety of sectors including financial institutions, infrastructure, manufacturing and real estate.
Paula joined the IFC in 1998. Prior to joining the Paris team, she was based in Washington DC. There she worked in the Capital Markets Division of the Latin America & Caribbean Department, and with the Banking Specialist Group of the Global Financial Markets Department. Since joining the IFC, she has participated in a variety of transactions in Latin America, Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and China. Before joining the IFC Paris team, she briefly worked in the Investment Banking Group of Merrill Lynch in New York.
She has a B.S. in Finance and International Business from Georgetown University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.