Ije is a climate and infrastructure focused investment executive that has worked at the intersection of global private capital, and international development financing for over two decades. She’s spent her career driving sustainable and inclusive growth in several regions including the US, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. She has held senior leadership roles as a private equity investor, project developer, and board member and has originated, structured and led investments in excess of US$3 billion. She has unique expertise in delivering transformational high impact investments that require public, private, and philanthropic partnerships.
Ije is currently Managing Director at RMI where she leads the institutions efforts to mobilize, scale up, and catalyze climate finance in global emerging markets in the Americas, Asia, and Africa.
Ije was on the founding team of CEC Africa, a private equity backed energy investment platform (with approximately $1bn in assets under management) established to develop, finance and operate power projects. She also worked at the WorldBank/IFC leading telecom, energy and transport investments in Latin America and Africa.
Ije has served on boards of several large infrastructure companies, on advisory boards of a number of PE/VC funds, and as an Advisor to The Rockefeller Foundation & MIT Energy Initiative through the Global Commission on Energy Poverty.
She speaks three languages, is an avid salsa dancer, and loves travelling. She has lived and worked throughout the US, Europe, Africa and the Americas.
Specialties: Sustainable Infrastructure, Deal Structuring, Emerging Markets, Financial Operations , Innovation, Team Building and Leadership, ESG, Risk Management.