Project Director, EDHEC Infrastructure Institute
Darwin Marcelo is Project Manager at EDHEC Infrastructure Institute. Marcelo was an Economist at National Planning Department of Colombia. Before being transferred to the Singapore office in end 2013, he worked for the Economics Unit of the World Bank Sustainable Development Department for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region. He was the Program Manager of the World Bank Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII) Partnership and Lead of the Global Infrastructure Connectivity Alliance (GICA). Marcelo was also part of an infrastructure analytical team that advised governments globally on how to plan and invest in infrastructure to maximise economic, social and environmental impact. He specialised in the development of tools to improve governments’ infrastructure investment and planning processes, as well as the assessment of impacts and performance of infrastructure projects. Marcelo had also developed the World Bank Infrastructure Prioritisation Framework (IPF), a tool piloted in several countries to assist governments to prioritise infrastructure investments. He holds a master’s and bachelor’s degree in Economics from the National University of Colombia.