Regional Managing Director- Latin America - DFC

Ella De Blois is Regional Managing Director for Latin America at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), where she leads efforts to advance strategic investments aligned with U.S. foreign policy priorities across the region. Based in Brazil, she focuses on mobilising capital into key sectors including critical minerals, economic empowerment, food security, landscape resilience, and biodiversity conservation. Through her role, she works at the intersection of development finance, policy, and private sector investment, supporting projects that drive sustainable growth and long-term impact. With a strong regional perspective, Ella brings deep insight into how development finance institutions structure and deploy capital in emerging markets, particularly in sectors that are critical to the energy transition and global supply chains. Her experience provides a comprehensive understanding of how public and private capital can be aligned to accelerate investment, mitigate risk, and enable the execution of strategic projects across Latin America.