Regional Head - Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and BotswanaInternational Finance Corporation
Hector Gomez Ang leads the IFC ‘s operations in Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and Botswana - based in Luanda.
Hector was IFC’s Brazil Country Head for Brazil between 2014 and 2019 when IFC invested in excess of US$10 billion in Brazil and led the origination of a $20 billion infrastructure advisory pipeline, currently under execution. He is part of the IFC's Community of Practice on Forcibly Displace People and led IFC’s involvement in the creation of the Amazon Guidelines in partnership with Brazil’s FGV and 100+ institutions.
Hector started his career as an oilfield engineer at Schlumberger, worked at Mexico’s Grupo Alfa, was an M&A banker at Salomon Smith Barney and in the strategy team at Citigroup International. He was the director of global business development at AIG Consumer Finance Group with responsibility for Latin America and Eastern Europe. He joined IFC in 2008 where he has held the positions of head for El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, the Andean Region and the Amazon region.
Hector holds Chemical and Systems Engineering and MBA degrees from Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico. He also holds a distinction M.Sc. degree in Social Business and Entrepreneurship from the London School of Economics. He has been a board member at some of the largest financial institutions in Colombia and Mexico.