Elena Bourganskaia is IFC’s Vice President of Strategy and Operations Support. She oversees corporate strategy, operations management, environmental and social policy, knowledge, learning, change management, human resources, and budget functions, administrative and systems support, as well as internal and external communications coverage for IFC activities. 

In her role, Ms. Bourganskaia ensures that IFC is well equipped to deliver on its strategy and WBG mission. Ms. Bourganskaia is also Co-Chair of the IFC’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Council.

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. Ms. Bourganskaia has been instrumental in several key aspects of IFC’s transformation in recent years, including IFC’s vision 2030, revamping of 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.

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, 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, knowledge, learning, change management, human resources, and budget functions, administrative and systems support, as well as internal and external communications coverage for IFC activities. 

In her role, Ms. Bourganskaia ensures that IFC is well equipped to deliver on its strategy and WBG mission. Ms. Bourganskaia is also Co-Chair of the IFC’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Council.

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. Ms. Bourganskaia has been instrumental in several key aspects of IFC’s transformation in recent years, including IFC’s vision 2030, revamping of 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.

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, 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.