- Speaker Highlights
- Chief for Financial Products & Services of IDB Invest, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 2016 to present.
- 25 years’ experience in global financial markets
- Former International executive at Banking Office of Banco Real in Brazil and ABN AMRO Bank in London.
- Served as Global Head of Trade Asset Mobilization for Santander Group in Spain
- Master's in business administration from TRIUM
- MBA in Finance from Instituto Brasilero de Mercado de Capitais
- Graduate Degree from universidade Federal do Rio De Janeiro (Brazil)
Fabio Jose Fagundes
A dual Brazilian/United Kingdom citizen, in 2016 Fagundes joined IDB Invest, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group’s private sector institution, with $12.1 billion in assets under management and 330 clients in 22 countries. He has over 25 years’ experience in global financial markets. He is responsible for the syndication, foreign trade financing, equity and mezzanine investments, blended finance, debt capital markets and structured finance business strategy. Before joining the IDB Group, he worked at the Wholesale Banking Office of Banco Real in Brazil and at ABN AMRO Bank in London, both positions international in scope. He was the Global Head of Trade Asset Mobilization for Santander Group based in Spain. Fabio earned an Executive Master’s in business administration (EMBA) from TRIUM, an alliance among the Stern Business School at New York University (NYU), the London School of Economics (LSE) and HEC Paris Business School. He holds an MBA in finance from Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais and a graduate degree in foreign trade from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).