Natacha C. Marzolf

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 publications 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) and released their joint publication on the “Energy Access Dividend in Latin America and the Caribbean” (2020) based on the multi-tier framework methodology. Her next publication on the Impact of COVID19 and the Use of Firewood and Coal Plants Withdrawal in Chile will be released in 2022. In addition to her operational work structuring large public infrastructure projects in Latin America and the Caribbean, she manages the high-level regional policy dialogue for the Bank in the energy sector and is responsible for mobilizing co-financing resources to mitigate borrowing countries fiscal exposure. 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. She also completed executive education programs at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and was the first woman nominated by IDB for the Women’s Global Leadership Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).