Matthew A. Reynolds is the UNHCR Regional Representative of the UN Refugee Agency for the United States of America and the Caribbean. Mr. Reynolds’ distinguished career includes more than 30 years in government service, humanitarian response, oversight, and management. Mr. Reynolds assumed the role of Regional Representative of the UN Refugee Agency for the United States of America and the…
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Dorte Verner is a Lead Economist in the Agriculture and Food Global Practice focused on Africa with the World Bank. She works on socioeconomic development, including food security; jobs; climate change; and the fragility, conflict, and violence agenda. Dorte has more than 30 years of experience developing knowledge and projects worldwide. Previously, Dorte served as the Principal Economist at the…
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Ms. Kim Poole is a Soul-Fusion Performing Artivist and Founding Fellow of the Teaching Artist Institute, providing an opportunity for artist to learn techniques for social transformation while fostering outlets for socially engaged art. Operating in the USA, Ghana, Liberia, Jamaica, Uganda, and The Gambia, through TAI Kim Poole and an international team of Teaching Artist are originating the Art…
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Global music icon Jaja Bashengezi was forced to flee from his Lake Kivu home in 1994, when the Rwandan genocide began to spill over into Eastern Congo. Carrying only a small bag and his acoustic guitar, Jaja crossed Lake Kivu, headed north to Goma, finally arriving in Kampala on a truck filled with merchandise. He was granted refugee status and sent to a camp, but his musical talent brought him…
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Mr. Hoon Sahib Soh is the Special Representative of the World Bank Group (WBG) Korea office. The WBG Korea office encompasses the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). Mr. Soh’s priorities are to oversee the expansion of the Korea office and strengthen the partnership between WBG and Korean public and private stakeholders, to…
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Dr. Tomicah Tillemann leverages innovations in finance and technology to help large organizations solve complex global challenges. He serves as co-founder and Director of the Blockchain Trust Accelerator at New America, Chairman of the Global Blockchain Business Council, and an advisor to the BitFury Group, VoxGov, and other blockchain companies. He is also Director of the Bretton Woods II…
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arolyn A. Wilkins was appointed Senior Deputy Governor for a term of seven years beginning 2 May 2014. In this capacity, she oversees the Bank’s strategic planning and economic and financial research. As a member of the Bank’s Governing Council, she shares responsibility for decisions with respect to monetary policy and financial system stability. Ms. Wilkins also oversees the Bank’s analysis of…
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Staci Warden is executive director of the Global Market Development practice at the Milken Institute, where she leads initiatives on strengthening capital markets, financial inclusion, financial-market education, and innovative financial solutions to development challenges. Warden is also chair of the Rwandan Capital Markets Authority, a cabinet-appointed position. Prior to the Milken Institute,…
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Mr. Medcraft has extensive experience working on financial markets and services issues, both from an industry and policy perspective. The first part of his career was spent in the private sector (30 years), with accounting firm KPMG then Société Générale in Australia, Asia, Europe and the Americas and then as CEO of the industry group, the Australian Securitisation Forum. At Société Générale, he…
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Richard is the CTO at R3 and is one of the world’s leading authorities on distributed ledger systems and architectures. Previously, Richard was the Executive Architect for Banking and Financial Markets industry innovation at IBM UK. His previous roles with the company, for whom he worked for almost fifteen years, included Lead Account Architect for a global Investment Banking client and a…
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