About
Ralph Keitel is a Principal Investment Officer in the Private Equity and Investment Funds department of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. Since joining IFC in early 2006, he has been responsible as regional lead for IFC’s private equity fund activities in Eastern Europe/Russia (2006-2008), Africa (2008-2011), Latin America (2011-2015) and East Asia (since 2015). Prior to joining IFC, Ralph was with Caisse de Dépot et Placement de Québec (CDP) in Montréal, where he managed a portfolio of venture capital funds in North America and Europe. Previously, he spent nearly 5 years with TBG (now part of the KfW Group, Frankfurt), providing seed early-stage venture capital financing for technology start-up companies before assuming responsibility for TBG’s funds portfolio. Ralph holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Bonn (Germany) as well as a post-graduate degree
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 20 investors at International Finance Corporation are tracked.
- • 3 investors hold the Principal Investment Officer role in VCSift. Ralph Keitel is one of them.
- • 1,381 investors are based in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Washington, US
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