María Cecilia Ramirez

María Cecilia Ramírez serves as an Operations Advisor to the President at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Previously, she worked in the Infrastructure and Energy Sector, overseeing the public infrastructure loan portfolio and leading the Sustainable Infrastructure Technical Working Group. She also served as a senior operations specialist in the Andean Country Department. Ramírez holds a degree in Economics from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, a Master's in Economic Theory with a specialization in International Trade from the University of Paris, and a Master's in Public Administration from Columbia University, focusing on Economic and Political Development. Before joining the IDB, she worked as an economic analyst at the Center for Global Development in Washington, D.C., and in the public and private sectors in Venezuela.