Nadine Chehade is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist and CGAP Representative in the Arab world. She works to deepen CGAP’s engagement in the region, collaborating with regulators, policy-makers, donors, investors, regional associations, and businesses, with the overarching goal of advancing financial inclusion. She has led CGAP’s global work on financial services in humanitarian crises and now focuses on fragile countries. Her work includes regulatory frameworks for financial sector development, cash transfers, innovation through fintech solutions, postal financial inclusion, and microfinance. She joined CGAP in 2012, bringing ten years of experience in investment banking, management consulting, and rating. Nadine holds an MBA from ESSEC in France, and teaches at the Saint-Joseph University in Beirut. She is fluent in Arabic, English, French, and conversational in Spanish.
