Marcia Bonilla-Roth

Marcia Bonilla-Roth

Marcia Bonilla-Roth is a Lead Sector Specialist with more than 20 years of extensive multi-sector experience at the IDB in credit operations with and without sovereign guarantee. Currently, she works with the Fiscal and Municipal Management Division supporting the incorporation of climate change aspects into the fiscal and financial policies of the countries. Her emphasis is international financing in both the public and private sectors, mainly in development projects and infrastructure financing, including public-private partnership (PPP) schemes. She is a leader in the preparation and structuring of complex infrastructure projects for the private sector and public sector loans in the financial and productive sectors. She served as Operations Advisor to senior management in country programming and strategies, operational policies and procedures, and in loan operations portfolio management and technical cooperation in Belize, Central America, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic. She has relevant IDB experience in the corporate areas of strategic planning and corporate performance, sector strategies, and private sector development. Her leadership was recognized by the international community in project management and financing. She was awarded the Deal of the Year for Infrastructure and Transportation in Latin America by Global Finance. Marcia has also published on the financing challenges to develop urban infrastructure in Latin American cities. Before joining the IDB, Marcia served as Financial Advisor to the Honduran Economic Cabinet and as Head of the External Debt Service Unit of the Ministry of Finance. Marcia holds a master’s degree in finance from the American University, Washington, D.C., and a Bachelor of Business Administration with a minor in finance from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.