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Nadia Rocha
Nadia Rocha is a Senior Economist in the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice at the World Bank. Prior to Joining the Bank in 2016 Nadia worked for five years in the Economic Research and Statistics division of the World Trade Organization. She was seconded to serve as a Senior Advisor on trade to the Colombian Ministry of Trade during 2015. Nadia holds a Ph.D in International…
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Selina Hayat Ivy
Selina Hayat Ivy is the mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation in the Dhaka region of Bangladesh.  A physician by training, Dr. Ivy is the first female mayor to hold office in Bangladesh. She assumed office in 2011 and led the city through the COVID-19 pandemic crisis in 2020.
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Sunny George Verghese
Sunny George Verghese, is the Co-founder & Group CEO of Olam International Limited, a leading food and agri-business, headquartered in Singapore and ranking among the top 30 largest primary listed companies in terms of market capitalisation on SGX-ST. In 2016, Fortune magazine recognised Olam at #23 in its ‘Change the World’ list. In 30 years, Sunny and his team have built this business to S$33 billion in Sales…
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​Paul Ryan
A member of the Ministry of Finance’s nine-person Executive Board, Dr Paul Ryan leads its International Finance Division. The Division is responsible for managing Ireland’s membership and relationship with a range of 15 International Financial Institutions, including the IMF and the World Bank Group. Dr Ryan is either the Alternate Governor or Temporary Alternate Governor for the IFIs.  The…
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Taavi Kotka
Taavi Kotka is an information visionary and was formerly Chief Information Officer for Estonia. Apolitical named him among World’s 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government (2018). In 2014, he proposed the idea and became the father of the e-residency (next generation identity solution in Estonia) aiming for 10 million e-residents by 2025. Prior to joining the government, he was the CEO…
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Maria Antonieta Alva
María Antonieta Alva is the Minister of Economy and Finance of Peru since October 2019. She has been working in Peru’s public administration for 10 years. In 2017, she was appointed General Director of Public Budget at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, where she conducted Peru’s public budget, and the formulation of the Public Budget Acts of 2018 and 2019. Between 2014 and 2017, she was the…
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Eswar Prasad
Eswar Prasad,  is the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University. He was previously chief of the Financial Studies Division in the International Monetary Fund's Research Department and, before that, was the head of the IMF's China Division. He is the author of several books, including  Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi  and  The Dollar Trap: How the U.S. Dollar Tightened Its Grip on…
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Liliana Rojas-Suarez
Liliana Rojas-Suarez,  is the Director of the Latin America Initiative and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development—with expertise on Latin America, financial regulation, digital financial inclusion, Basel II and III, and the development impact of global financial flows. She is the co-author or editor of almost a dozen books, including  Growing Pains in Latin America.  She has published widely in the areas…
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David Moinina Sengeh
David Moinina Sengeh is Sierra Leone’s first-ever chief innovation officer. He is also the Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education. Previously he was a research scientist at IBM Research Africa, Nairobi. David was born and raised in Sierra Leone, and received his PhD at the MIT Media Lab, where his research in the biomechatronics group focused on the design of comfortable prosthetic…
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Cecile Fruman
Cecile Fruman is Director, Regional Integration and Engagement in the South Asia Region (SAR). She is responsible for fostering collaborative activities amongst SAR countries and managing partnerships and engagements with SAR and global development partners.   Previously, Cecile was Senior Manager for Financial Intermediary Funds (FIFs) and Partner Relations in the Development Finance Vice-…
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