Elena Bourganskaia

Elena Bourganskaia is IFC’s Vice President of Corporate Support. She oversees all of IFC's activities and oversees human resources, administrative, budget and systems support, and internal and external communications coverage. Ms. Bourganskaia also leads IFC’s efforts to build strategic relationships with multilateral organizations, development institutions, civil society, foundations, and other key development partners and stakeholders to create markets and mobilize private sector investments for sustainable and inclusive development.

In her role, Ms. Bourganskaia ensures that IFC has the right resources to deliver its capital increase commitments and that IFC’s information and technology systems, administrative processes and procedures, as well as corporate communications, outreach, and partnerships functions are fit for purpose and enable effective and agile decision making in support of IFC’s strategy and efficient delivery for clients.

Previously, Ms. Bourganskaia served as the Chief of Staff to the IFC CEO / Managing Director. In that capacity, she managed a wide variety of critical corporate tasks, from the development and implementation of strategy and policies to organizational, budget, and personnel issues. Ms. Bourganskaia has been instrumental in several key aspects of IFC’s transformation in recent years, including organizational and policy reforms to strengthen IFC’s environmental and social accountability and setting up a new Upstream operating model to create new investible opportunities and markets proactively.