Lilia Razlog is a Senior Debt Specialist in the Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice of the World Bank. She is a leading expert in Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA) evaluations, conducted by the World Bank as part of the Debt Management Facility technical assistance program, funded through a multi-donor trust fund. The program assists low and lower-middle income…
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Makiko is the Program Lead of the Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) based in Washington, D.C. She is heading IFC’s largest and flagship trade finance program since 2017 and is a member of WTO’s Trade Finance Expert Working Group. Makiko joined IFC in 2003 and has 28 years of banking experience having worked in Washington, D.C., Johannesburg, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan (Almaty/Astana), London,…
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Aleksandar Stojanov is a Swiss-Macedonian national who works at the World Bank Group as a Trade Analyst (JPO). Professionally, Aleksandar has gained extensive public sector experience in the Trade and Investment Promotion Agency of the Switzerland and as an Evaluation Officer with the United Nations in Niger and Somalia. Prior to that, he also worked as a consultant in the finance and corporate…
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Ahmed Hanaa joined IFC in August 2010 as a trade specialist. He currently serves as IFC Middle East & Pakistan Trade Lead responsible for the trade business development and portfolio management. He started his career with Citi Bank as a Trade Finance associate in 1999 and has thereon successfully risen through the ranks till heading Citibank Egypt’s trade finance product management focusing…
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Heidi is a Senior Private Sector Specialist with the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice of the World Bank Group. She co-manages the World Bank Group’s two flagship trade facilitation programs and provides technical support to a number of countries on border management processes. Heidi is a World Bank certified Gender Specialist and leads the institution’s efforts on trade…
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Alicja Messerszmidt joined PAK Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego Konin S.A., a lignite mine company in the Wielkopolska region of Poland, in 1976. For more than 30 years, she has been an active member of the company’s leading trade union ZZ Kadra and now she serves as the union’s Chairwoman. Alicja Messerszmidt is a graduate of the Mining Technical School in Konin.
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Mehdi Tazi-Riffi is the CEO of TANGER MED, in charge of the development of the Port Complex and adjacent Logistics and Industrial platform. Mehdi started his career in 1998 as Marketing Manager for NOKIA Networks in Germany before joining in 2001 the Swiss-based KUDELSKI GROUP as Head of Business Development, based in Lausanne, then as General Manager MENA based in Dubai until mid 2010. Mehdi…
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Tristan Reed is Economist in the Research Group of the World Bank. He seeks to answer policy-relevant questions in industrial organization and trade and has used diverse methodologies including structural general equilibrium models and randomized controlled trials to illuminate how markets work in developing countries, and to understand how to improve their contribution to welfare, especially of…
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Ayanthi Gurusinghe is the founder and Managing Director of Cord360.com , an e-commerce trading platform that connects entrepreneurs and startups with global buyers and sellers. A trade and logistics expert, Gurusinghe advises Sri Lanka’s on its national industrial policy. She previously advised Sri Lanka’s Ministry of International Trade on a national export strategy. Gurusinghe helps women…
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Ayhan Kose is Acting Vice President of the World Bank’s Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions (EFI) Practice Group and Director EFI’s Prospects Group. He manages operational, policy, and advisory engagements across the areas of finance, competitiveness, and innovation; macroeconomics, trade, and investment; poverty and equity; and governance. He also leads the Bank’s policy and analytical…
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