Nigel Jacob is the Co-founder of the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, a civic innovation incubator and R&D Lab within Boston’s City Hall. Nigel’s work is about making urban life better via innovative, people-oriented applications of technology and design. Prior to joining the City of Boston in 2006, Nigel worked in a series of technology start-ups in the Boston area. He was also…
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Mothanna Gharaibeh is the Former Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Jordan. He was also the former head of Ericsson in Jordan. He has 15 years of experience in the private sector across the Middle East, working with global multinational companies serving local, regional and global customers
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Noomane Fehri is currently the CEO of [email protected] , launched by BIAT, the first privately-owned bank in Tunisia. [email protected] is a new economy incubator. He was Minister of Information and Communications Technologies in Tunisia from 2015 to 2016, and is known for being a reformer and a leader in the digital economy. Noomane, a geophysics engineer, held several management positions at Schlumberger in…
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A pediatrician by profession, Nazira Abdula graduated from Maputo Central Hospital with complementary stages in the Hospital São João do Porto in Portugal. Abula earned a Master’s degree in Nutrition and Dietition from the University of Flinders, Australia, in 2006. She worked as a general practitioner at Medical Mavalane General Hospital from 1993 to 1997 and was involved in the program to…
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Makhtar Diop, is IFC’s Managing Director. He assumed this position on March 1st, 2021. Prior to this appointment, he was the World Bank’s Vice President for Infrastructure, where he led the Bank’s global efforts to build sustainable infrastructure in developing and emerging economies. In this role, he oversaw the Bank’s critical work in energy, transport, digital infrastructure, and public-private…
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Lamis Al-Iryani is the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit Head at the Yemen Social Fund for Development (SFD). She joined the Social Fund in 1998. She has led SFD’s major program evaluations and strategic planning processes and has been responsible for liaising with SFD’s main stakeholders and donors. Ms. Al-Iryani has a Master’s degree in Public Administration and International Development and a…
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Mr. Mohammed Akoojee was appointed group CEO of Imperial on 1 February 2019. He joined the Imperial Group in 2009 and, prior to his current role, served as the acting CEO of Imperial Holdings in addition to his role as group CFO. His previous roles at Imperial included CEO of the Logistics African Regions division and executive director responsible for mergers and acquisitions, strategy and…
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Magdi Amin is the Managing Director with Omidyar Network (ON), focusing on global strategy, early-stage investment in beneficial technology, and leads ON’s digital identity program in Africa. ON’s vision is for a world in which everyone has access to beneficial technology that empowers people and protects their privacy and security. Magdi is on external service from the World Bank Group, where…
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Kristalina Georgieva currently serves as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, a position she was selected for on September 25, 2019 and has served as since October 1, 2019. Before joining the Fund, Ms. Georgieva was CEO of the World Bank from January 2017 to September 2019, during which time she also served as Interim President of the World Bank Group for three months. Previously…
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Ferid Belhaj took up the position of World Bank Group Vice President for Middle East and North Africa on July 1, 2018. Prior to this, Mr. Belhaj served 15 months as the Chief of Staff of the President of the World Bank Group. From 2012 to 2017, Mr. Belhaj was World Bank Director for the Middle East, in charge of World Bank work programs in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Iran, based in Beirut,…
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