IFC — a member of the World Bank Group — is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities in developing countries. In fiscal year 2023, IFC committed a record $43.7 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet as economies grapple with the impacts of global compounding crises. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.
IFC has embarked on an ambitious new growth strategy (IFC 3.0) to stimulate more investment activity. This strategy calls for generating unique opportunities by proactively working “Upstream” to create, deepen, and expand markets and to imagine, design and implement investment projects. It requires taking a systematic approach to understanding the regulatory and sector bottlenecks that prevent the flow of private capital into productive investment in our member countries and addressing these bottlenecks through World Bank Group engagement on policy reforms and programmatic interventions at the country and sector level. This strategy also calls for working with Governments and World Bank colleagues to first seek private sector solutions to address development challenges - where such solutions are advisable and can be effective - and reserve public financing for projects only when other options are suboptimal. This approach is called the “Cascade”.
IFC’s Infrastructure and Natural Resources (INR) Department is looking to hire a Senior Investment Officer to join IFC’s infrastructure investment team covering the MCT Region (Middle East, Central Asia, Türkiye, Afghanistan and Pakistan) to be based in Almaty, Istanbul or Tashkent. The selected candidate will provide expertise in the equity and structured mezzanine investment to the IFC Infrastructure regional industry teams primarily for the Central Asia and Türkiye (CAT) sub-region. This role requires strong and demonstrated technical skills in sourcing, structuring, negotiating and executing equity and structured mezzanine transactions and in asset management. The Senior Investment Officer will also have a significant role in setting equity strategies, day-to-day business operations, equity and structured mezzanine business growth and portfolio management. He/she will work in close collaboration with the Global INR Equity team as well as the MCT INR Management team to: (i) formulate IFC’s strategies for investing equity and structured mezzanine investments across the INR sectors; (ii) engage in business development; (iii) structure and execute transactions; (iv) manage assets from origination until exit; and (v) lead knowledge management on equity and mezzanine investing.
Roles and Responsibilities
The roles and responsibilities of the Senior Investment Officer will include, but will not be limited to:
New Business
Equity and Structured Mezzanine Debt Portfolio Management
Leadership and Knowledge Sharing