About

John Scott has served as general counsel and general manager of the legal department to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) since August 2015. IDB is one of the largest sources of development finances to Latin America and the Caribbean, providing loans, grants, and technical assistance to a variety of projects targeted at reducing poverty, improving access to health and education and developing infrastructure. It is owned by 48 sovereign states from Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, North America and Asia, though only extends loans to the 26 Latin American and Caribbean members. Scott has been with IDB since 1985 and has held a number of leadership positions, including chief counsel for corporate legal affairs and assistant general counsel for the legal financial office. He now advises IDB’s board of governors and executive directors on all legal matters relating to its activities.