Biography
Tracy Washington has nearly 20 years of experience in development finance with a focus on Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Funds. Mrs. Washington is the IFC Private Equity group lead for SME Funds and the Program Manager for SME Ventures Program establishing risk capital SME Funds in Fragile States. Mrs. Washington developed her expertise in small business investing as the local Investment Manager of the IFC Mozambique SME Initiative providing risk capital finance and advisory support to SMEs in the country. Within IFC, Mrs. Washington also worked as an Investment Officer leading global corporate finance transactions in the manufacturing, financial markets and health and education departments in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and South Asia. Mrs. Washington holds a MBA degree from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business and a BS degree from the University of Maryland, College Park.