Our core team brings multidisciplinary experience in development finance, alongside its subject-matter experts and former practitioners from global development and financial institutions.
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Together, we serve our clients by leveraging decades of market and field experience, to enhance capacity, conduct assessments, and execute strategies.
Antonio Davila-Bonazzi
Founding & Managing Partner
Antonio is a global finance expert with over 20 years of experience in banking, capital markets, public finance, and risk management. In the Treasury of the World Bank, he led the engagement with clients in 20+ countries in Latin America, North Africa and Eastern Europe, providing advisory and execution services in risk and liability management. He managed technical teams to build capacity and implement financial strategies, and led the structuring of $20 billion in capital markets transactions to manage the clients’ exposure to interest rate, foreign currency, petroleum price, and natural disaster risks. Before Treasury, he was Director of the World Bank's Loan Services Group, managing the operations of the Bank's $350 billion portfolio of loans and guarantees. Antonio earned a Masters of Science in Finance from the George Washington University and a Masters in Economics (Development Banking) from American University.
John Balafoutis
Capital Markets Specialist
John is a development finance specialist with 23 years of global experience at the World Bank. His areas of expertise include banking, financial risk management, and capital markets. As Lead Financial Officer in the World Bank Treasury Department, John led expert teams responsible for delivering an integrated package of customized banking and financial risk management products, as well as advisory services, to World Bank clients. Engagements ranged from strategy to capacity building and implementation. He has served clients in Europe, Central and East Asia, the Pacific, and Africa. Earlier in his career, John delivered numerous seminars in the World Bank and in borrower countries on the proper use of the World Bank’s financial products and services for managing financial risks. John also served (2001 – 2004) as Special Assistant to World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn. In recognition of his work, John received twice — in 1998 and 2004 — a World Bank Award for Excellence. Before joining the World Bank, John worked in investment banking in London, and in consulting in New York. He holds an MBA degree from Columbia University and a Law degree from the University of Athens, Greece.
Andres Blume
​Senior Analyst
Andres leads the research activities related to identifying strategic opportunities, key partnerships, market trends, and the competitive landscape. He is responsible for crafting the communications and digital strategy to build up the firm’s presence. Andres has been involved in many projects in the private and public sectors in Peru and the USA. As a Consultant for the Ministry of Education of Peru, he designed research-based policy solutions to improve public administration efficiency nationwide. Additionally, he was part of the Telefonica Foundation in Peru, where he led the content strategy and coordination of its Education and Technology projects. Andres holds a Master of Public Policy from American University’s School of Public Affairs and a Bachelor's degree in Communications from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.