Ivan Gerginov has more than 17 years of experience in energy efficiency financing. For the past 15 years, his work has been exclusively focused on the design, implementation, monitoring and impact evaluation of specialized climate finance mechanisms at the international level.

Mr. Gerginov has designed various dedicated sustainable finance mechanisms tailored to local markets, ranging from credit lines, investment and trust funds, risk mitigation instruments, insurance products, soft loans, grant-supported financing programs and many others. A number of these mechanisms have already been successfully implemented by various local commercial or development banks, investment funds or government agencies, thus demonstrating the high quality of their design.

Furthermore, Mr. Gerginov has managed or has been directly involved in the implementation of such mechanisms, which financed climate projects totalling over EUR 1.5 billion (USD 1.6 billion) through financial products. Additionally, he has conducted evaluation assessments of such programs in different markets and gained specialized expertise for supporting investment banks focused on clean energy and managing dedicated clean energy funds in Europe,Latin America Asia and Africa.

He has gained extensive international experience from working in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe on assignments led or financed by major multilateral development banks, such as the African Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and United Nations agencies. He has also worked with bilateral development organizations, such as KfW and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as well as NGOs specialized in clean energy, such as the International Energy Agency and the REEEP.