IFC has appointed Ines Rocha as Regional Director for Europe. She will also spearhead IFC’s business development efforts in Western Europe to mobilize capital and knowledge to foster sustainable economic growth in emerging markets.

She will play a key role in boosting private sector investment and creating jobs in Central and Eastern Europe, with a focus on bolstering green growth, digital technology, and financial inclusion, and leading IFC's response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Rocha, has over 20 years of experience in development finance, most recently at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Her roles there included financial institutions where she covered European Union banks and structured finance, and supporting smaller businesses across Central and Eastern Europe.

More recently, Rocha, as head of Impact and Partnerships, was at the forefront of the EBRD’s crisis response. In that role, she collaborated closely with development finance institutions and multilateral development banks, including the World Bank, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and IFC. Previously, she worked at UBS Investment Bank and the Central Bank of Portugal.

“I am confident she will be able to steer IFC's program to even greater heights, helping to accelerate green, resilient, and inclusive growth and mobilize more investment from Western Europe towards emerging markets,” said Alfonso Garcia Mora, IFC's Vice President for Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.
 
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries.