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Padydeh Eghbali

Summary

Dynamic international development professional with 8+ years of experience in design, implementation, and supervision of multisectoral projects with varied blended financial instruments. Proven track record in strategic partnership development, stakeholder coordination, and funder engagement within multilateral settings.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Investment Unit Associate

Inter-American Development Bank - IDB Lab
Washington
11.2022 - 06.2024
  • Managing IDB Lab’s Investment Unit’s full project cycle for all operations from deal flow, sourcing and origination of opportunities to deployment of first disbursements and all related activities in between (research, design, due diligence, partner training and orientation, approval, disbursements, repayments, etc). Active participation in all stages. USD52M + ~USD320M in catalytic capital in 30 projects approved while in the role.
  • Working side by side with the CIO. Assisting with team management, stakeholder engagement, monitoring and reporting on the Unit’s annual operational, financial, impact and strategic targets + lead to all associates of the team.
  • Providing guidance to the entire team on platforms, documentation, strategy, systems, policies and procedures and keeping constant cross-boundaries team communication. Including organizing, creating relevant toolkits/guides and executing trainings.
  • Systematizing and supporting all workflows related to pitches, due diligence, memos, impact target alignment, term-sheets, contracts, signatures, as well as legal, integrity, financial, impact and ESG analysis. Plus leading the execution of the Unit’s Investment Transaction Committee.
  • Coordinating the submission and circulation of Investment Memoranda and other strategic documents to the Board, as well as monitoring the evolution of the operations from submission to approval.
  • Working close with the portfolio management team to guarantee appropriate supervision of around ~USD455M AUM at a time.
  • Preparing staff meetings (agendas, presentations and content) and other analytic presentations and reports (data, knowledge, strategy, amongst other themes).
  • Active role in strategic teams with specific goals such as Digitalization (digitalizing operational procedures to guarantee efficiency and data integrity, including digitalization of project status update reports - financial and impact updates) and Core Mobilization (mobilization and management of external resources). Specific deliveries: Digital Project Progress Status Report’s system with related training materials, having performed multiple team and partner training sessions + Interactive Digital Portfolio Management Tool + Operational databases for the team + over USD10M in third-party funding.
  • Worked closely with the team organizing WeXchange, a platform to support women entrepreneurs in STEM in LAC + IDB Lab Forum, an innovation and tech event to bring together keyplayers of the impact ecosystem of the region.
  • Responsible for many other varied administrative, operational, strategic, communication and fiduciary tasks (Corporate Card assignment and management, supervising unit’s budgets, operating Unit’s mailbox and agenda, etc).

Operations and Financial Analyst

Inter-American Development Bank - IDB Lab
Remote (Contract with DC)
02.2018 - 10.2022
  • Charged with the operational and financial management and supervision of the Technical Cooperation (grants), Loans and Investments Portfolio of IDB Lab in Brazil and Haiti. Responsible for assisting with entire project cycles (sourcing, pitches, design, capacity assessments, due diligence, memoranda and documentation, disbursements, execution, monitoring, evaluation, audit, etc) and management activities (CRM, logic framework, detailed budgeting, agreements, procurements, ToRs, contracts, operating plans, financial plans, procurement plans, monitoring, results matrix, inputs, milestones, reporting, progress reports, financial reports, impact reports, KPI tracking, projections, data collection and analysis, presentations, memos, financial transactions, amongst other activities).
  • Responsible for the direct management of diverse public and private, local and international clients, partners and stakeholders. Experience with providing institutional, financial, and operational guidance to strengthen client’s project design, kickoff and execution abilities.
  • My workstream supervision abilities and logic oriented actions and recommendations helped teams to efficiently meet compliance deadlines, as well as guaranteed the successful financial and operational oversight of around 40 active operations at a time in two countries with budgets of approximately USD 60M from IDB and USD460M from co-financing resources from clients and partners.
  • Responsible for kickoff procedures of at least 45 new operations with multiple financial instruments since 2016. Assisted teams with identification and design of projects. Responsible for kickoff, execution coordination, monitoring and closing actions for all operations.
  • Implemented and led over 40 design, operational and financial training sessions for capacity building with stakeholders at project sights and remotely.
  • Actively contributed with the building and implementation of a new IDB Lab Project Manager Salesforce Platform for internal users and clients. The platform concentrates all monitoring, financial and communication procedures for all IDB Lab operations.

Intern

Inter-American Development Bank - IDB Lab
Brasília
05.2016 - 12.2017
  • Intern at the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) in IADB.
  • Helped with the operational and fiduciary management of the Technical Cooperation Projects, Loans, and Investment Funds Portfolio, assisting the oversight of around 30 continuously active operations at a time.

Education

MBA - Finance

UniCEUB
12-2025

Bachelor's Degree - International Relations

UniCEUB
01.2017

Skills

  • Strategic partnership development & relationship management
  • Stakeholder engagement & multilateral coordination
  • Resource mobilization & in-kind contribution oversight
  • Grant and investment design, implementation, and supervision
  • FP&A
  • KPI planning and reporting
  • Project lifecycle and portfolio management
  • Capacity building, training & facilitation (partners and teams)
  • Development of structures, systems, and operational processes
  • Public speaking, teaching, and cross-cultural communication
  • Research and professional writing across multiple disciplines
  • Advanced digital proficiency: Microsoft Office, SAP,Salesforce, ERPs, CRMs, etc
  • Extensive experience in multicultural and remote team environments

Languages

Portuguese
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Spanish
Advanced (C1)
C1

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Investment Unit Associate

Inter-American Development Bank - IDB Lab
11.2022 - 06.2024

Operations and Financial Analyst

Inter-American Development Bank - IDB Lab
02.2018 - 10.2022

Intern

Inter-American Development Bank - IDB Lab
05.2016 - 12.2017

MBA - Finance

UniCEUB

Bachelor's Degree - International Relations

UniCEUB

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