Elizabeth Siqueira Juliatto, a Brazilian citizen, studied Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Paraná and received a Master’s in Hydraulic Engineering in Belgium. Ms. Juliatto is the Manager of Water Resources Planning of Brazil’s National Water Agency (ANA). She is working on the development of Brazil’s Water Security Plan and also on the development of the “Atlas Brazil for Cleaning…
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Born August 15, 1950. A Finnish national, appointed Chairman of the Company with effect from June 2006. From 1999 to 2006, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia, and continued as Chairman until 2012. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia from 1992 to 1999 and President of Nokia Mobile Phones from 1990 to 1992, after serving as Senior Vice President, Finance from…
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Gloria M. Grandolini is Senior Director, Finance and Markets Global Practice (FMGP) of the World Bank Group, since 2014. She is responsible for delivering tailored development solutions integrating World Bank Group’s financial, knowledge/advisory, and convening services to clients. The FMGP delivers comprehensive World Bank Group solutions, including loans/credits, guarantees, and risk-management…
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Steven Puig was appointed CEO of Banco BHD León in the Dominican Republic on April 1, 2013. Banco BHD León is a full service bank covering all segments ranging from micro finance to project finance. With US$5.2BB in assets, the bank has earned a 17% market share domestically and is the fifth largest private bank in Central America and the Caribbean. Mr. Puig also serves as President of AFI BHD…
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Stephen Kehoe is Head of Global Financial Inclusion at Visa Inc., responsible driving the company’s strategy to meet the needs of under-banked populations around the world. The central mission of Visa is to be the best way to pay and be paid - for everyone, everywhere. Visa believes this can ultimately be achieved by deploying its network and technology to drive payment solutions to promote…
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Barbara Byrne is a Vice Chairman in the Investment Banking Division at Barclays, responsible for leading the firm’s global relationships with multinational corporate clients. She is a member of Barclays Senior Leadership Group and is Chairman of Barclays Social Innovation Facility, a cross-business resource dedicated to the development of self-sustaining global commercial solutions to social…
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Megan McArdle is a Bloomberg View columnist who writes on economics, business, and public policy. She is the author of "The Up Side of Down." McArdle previously wrote for Newsweek-the Daily Beast, the Atlantic, and the Economist, and founded the blog "Asymmetrical Information." She has a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of…
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Caren Grown is an internationally recognized expert on gender issues in development. Dr. Grown joined the World Bank in 2014 as Global Director of the World Bank’s Gender Group, where she has led the institution’s development and implementation of a Gender Strategy that deliberately and strategically targets gaps in endowments, jobs, assets, and increasing women’s leadership and voice. Dr. Grown…
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Mukhisa Kituyi, of Kenya, who became UNCTAD’s seventh Secretary- General on 1 September 2013, has an extensive background as an elected official, an academic, and a holder of high government office. He also has wide-ranging experience in trade negotiations, and in African and broader international economics and diplomacy. He was born in Bungoma District, western Kenya, in 1956. He studied…
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Dr Gerd Müller is the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, a position he has held since 17 December 2013. From 2005 – 2013, he was the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection and responsible, among other things, for international relations, development projects and world food affairs. Dr. Müller is also the…
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