RAMP Voices: Abdiel Santiago, Panama Savings Fund

What are the top three reasons your institution joined RAMP?

The Fund joined RAMP to (1) catalyze our Board’s understanding of long-term investing, (2) accelerate our team’s investment management skillset, and (3) establish a strong market-based foundation and validation of the Fund.

What do you appreciate most about RAMP?

I appreciate the sense that we have someone “in our corner” when we face challenges in our local market.

What is one lesson you have learned from another RAMP member institution?

After working with fellow RAMP members, I do not underestimate the power of documenting financial and investment decisions.

What's your favorite RAMP resource?

The dynamic asset allocation model.

What's your favorite workshop?

The Annual Executive Forum for Policymakers and Senior Officials.

Describe one of the most memorable moments working with RAMP.

I have many memories, but I most remember meeting and connecting with other global financial leaders during the World Bank’s Annual and Spring Meetings.

Name the top three things with which RAMP has helped you, your team, or your institution.

It’s difficult to pick just three, but my first thought is the World Bank Treasury, through RAMP, provided a private equity teach-in, which ultimately allowed us to execute our first-ever private equity investment program.

What do you look forward to next in your work with RAMP?

We look forward to having our Board re-engage with RAMP to further its strategic investment thinking.

What’s the next product or service RAMP should offer?

We want to coordinate a short-term shadowing, such as one month, of team members at other RAMP member institutions to learn best practices.