Luciana is a PPP Specialist with over 12 years of experience implementing and managing a portfolio of investment and advisory services on public-private partnerships (PPPs) and commercial and project finance. She has extensive experience in legal, regulatory, and institutional reforms to foster private sector participation in all infrastructure sectors in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Currently, Luciana is the gender specialist as well as overseeing the global portfolio for PPIAF, the only global facility dedicated to building institutions in developing countries to set the stage for private participation in infrastructure and enabling finance for subnational entities. She also provides support to various governments across the globe regarding their PPP programs. Prior to joining the World Bank, Luciana worked for the private sector developing healthcare PPPs and advising multinational enterprises on competitiveness and innovation challenges and on market intelligence strategies in Brazil.
Luciana is a lawyer who also holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and a master’s degree in International Economics from Johns Hopkins University’s School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS).