Federico Diaz Kalan is a Financial Sector Specialist at the World Bank's Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Practice. Based in Ecuador, he leads projects on financial intermediation and provides support to regulators and supervisors in the Andean region, Mexico, and the Caribbean. His work focuses on financial inclusion, public banking, green finance, and financial stability. Before joining the World Bank, he worked at the International Monetary Fund and in the corporate sector in Argentina. He is a CFA Charter holder, holds a degree in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires, and a master’s in finance from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.