Goldie Shturman is the acting Vice President of the Office of Investment Funds at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), responsible for investments in venture capital, private equity, credit, and catalytic funds, across DFC’s priority sectors including infrastructure, climate, energy, critical minerals, health, agriculture, and financial services. Prior to her role as Acting VP, she was responsible for DFC’s investments in funds throughout Latin America.
Before joining DFC, Shturman was a Senior Consultant dedicated to fund structuring, deal sourcing, M&A, and business opportunities for foreign investors entering the Latin American market. Prior to this role, Shturman was a Senior Investment Officer for eight years at the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), which focuses on development through the private sector via debt, equity, and technical assistance. At the IIC, she developed, built, and managed a portfolio of indirect and direct equity and mezzanine investments. She also implemented a co-investment and co-lending program with funds in IIC’s portfolio, as well as corporate governance and technical assistance programs.
Prior to joining IIC, Shturman was Senior Consultant at the Wharton Small Business Development Center; Senior Associate at Zemi Communications, a New York-based public relations, political strategy, and corporate communications consulting firm; and Financial Analyst at Evercore Partners/Protego in Mexico City.
Shturman is fluent in Spanish and Hebrew and holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a B.A. in International Relations from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.