Elena Bourganskaia is IFC’s Vice President of Strategy and Operations Support. She oversees corporate strategy, operations management, environmental and social policy, administrative and systems support, and other corporate functions. Ms. Bourganskaia sits on the IFC corporate investment committee and the WBG enterprise risk committee.  She also sponsors the IFC Employee Resource Groups to strengthen staff engagement.

Ms. Bourganskaia has been instrumental in several key aspects of IFC’s transformation in recent years, including articulating IFC’s 2030 ambitions, revamping internal policies and processes to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of IFC’s delivery to clients, organizational and policy reforms to strengthen IFC’s environmental and social accountability, and setting up a new operating model to proactively create new investible opportunities in the most difficult markets.

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 development and implementation of strategy and policies to organizational, budget and personnel issues.

Earlier in her career at IFC, Ms. Bourganskaia was the Global Head of Municipal & Environmental Infrastructure. She led the establishment of IFC’s global Cities practice to advance private sector solutions for the most pressing urban development challenges. She also served in various other global and regional operational leadership capacities, with a consistent focus on incubating and growing nascent business lines that enhanced IFC’s impact and financial sustainability.

Prior to joining IFC in 1998 as a Health Specialist to develop then non-existent healthcare practice, Ms. Bourganskaia worked for the American International Health Alliance, an international nongovernmental organization aimed at strengthening health systems worldwide through peer-to-peer institutional partnerships.

A Russian and American national, Ms. Bourganskaia holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Health Care Finance and Management from New York University and a Medical Doctor degree from Semashko Moscow Medical School.

Elena Bourganskaia is IFC’s Vice President of Strategy and Operations Support. She oversees corporate strategy, operations management, environmental and social policy, administrative and systems support, and other corporate functions. Ms. Bourganskaia sits on the IFC corporate investment committee and the WBG enterprise risk committee.  She also sponsors the IFC Employee Resource Groups to strengthen staff engagement.

Ms. Bourganskaia has been instrumental in several key aspects of IFC’s transformation in recent years, including articulating IFC’s 2030 ambitions, revamping internal policies and processes to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of IFC’s delivery to clients, organizational and policy reforms to strengthen IFC’s environmental and social accountability, and setting up a new operating model to proactively create new investible opportunities in the most difficult markets.

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 development and implementation of strategy and policies to organizational, budget and personnel issues.

Earlier in her career at IFC, Ms. Bourganskaia was the Global Head of Municipal & Environmental Infrastructure. She led the establishment of IFC’s global Cities practice to advance private sector solutions for the most pressing urban development challenges. She also served in various other global and regional operational leadership capacities, with a consistent focus on incubating and growing nascent business lines that enhanced IFC’s impact and financial sustainability.

Prior to joining IFC in 1998 as a Health Specialist to develop then non-existent healthcare practice, Ms. Bourganskaia worked for the American International Health Alliance, an international nongovernmental organization aimed at strengthening health systems worldwide through peer-to-peer institutional partnerships.

A Russian and American national, Ms. Bourganskaia holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Health Care Finance and Management from New York University and a Medical Doctor degree from Semashko Moscow Medical School.