Richard Cabello has been the Manager of IFC Advisory Services in Public-Private Partnerships for Latin America and the Caribbean since 2007, leading a team developing PPP projects in roads, health & education, irrigation, airlines & airports, and digital development. Before joining IFC, he worked for the World Bank organizing seminars on PPPs in Brazil, Honduras, and Tanzania and advising Indonesia in setting up its PPP unit. He was also a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank on PPP projects.
Previous to joining the World Bank Group, Richard worked at Robert Fleming & Co.’s subsidiary in charge of the Andean countries, structuring and promoting infrastructure projects for private sector participation in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic.
Between 1992–95, Richard was General Director of the Commission for Promotion of Private Investments in Peru, a government agency in charge of 67 privatization processes, mobilizing $9 billion in revenues and investment commitments in sectors such as cement, airlines, electricity, digital development, and water.
Richard holds an MBA from Columbia University and a BA from Universidad del Pacifico (Peru).