Natacha Marzolf

Natacha C. Marzolf is a Principal Energy Specialist in the Energy Division of the Infrastructure and Energy Department and is based in Washington DC. She joined the Bank in 1996, selected by the Young Professional Program and has over 20 years of experience originating, structuring and disbursing sovereign and non-sovereign project finance and corporate finance transactions, in particular in the energy sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. Her most recent publications in the energy field include her second monograph on “A Unique Approach for Sustainable Energy in Trinidad and Tobago” (2015) making the case that climate-friendly and low-carbon green technologies are a viable and sustainable path for fossil-based economies such as Trinidad and Tobago; “Emprendimiento de la Energía Geotérmica en Colombia” (2014), “Power and Possibility: the Energy Sector in Jamaica” (2011) and “Instrumentos Fiscales y No Fiscales en Chile” (2010). She is also one of the authors of the article ”Analysis of renewable energy incentives in the Latin America and Caribbean region: The feed-in tariff case” (Energy Policy, Volume 60, September 2013). In 2018, she led the first academic partnership with Duke University and Sustainable Energy For All (SEforAll) working on the publication of the “Energy Access Dividend in Latin America and the Caribbean” (expected release date late 2019) based on the multi-tier framework methodology. Most recently, Ms. Marzolf focused her work on Haiti, assembling investment financing for several large infrastructure projects and advising on policies to improve the energy sector. Ms. Marzolf is a graduate of Harvard Law School and holds a post-graduate degree in Development and Economics Law from the University of Paris V and a Master’s in International and European Law from Paris II – Assas.