Governments nominate 5 candidates for IDB presidency

Member countries have proposed five candidates for the position of President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The nomination period closed on Friday, November 11.

• Cecilia Todesca Bocco was nominated by Argentina.
• Gerard Johnson was nominated by Trinidad and Tobago.
• Gerardo Esquivel Hernández was nominated by Mexico.
• Ilan Goldfajn was nominated by Brazil.
• Nicolás Eyzaguirre Guzmán was nominated by Chile.

The IDB’s Governors, who are usually finance ministers or other high-ranking economic authorities from the Bank’s 48 member countries, will have the opportunity to interview the candidates at a virtual meeting on November 13.

The election is set to take place at a hybrid meeting of the Board of Governors on November 20.

More information about the election process is available in the Regulations for the Election of the President of the IDB.