Karen Fang is Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Finance at Bank of America. Formerly, she was the head of Global Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities (FICC) Cross Asset Trading, and the head of Americas FICC Sales & Solutions prior to that. She is a member of the Bank of America Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) committee, the Sustainable Markets Committee, as well…
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An inspiring AND practical conversation about climate finance with Lord Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor, London School of Economics, and Mr. Axel van Trotsenburg, Managing Director of Operations, World Bank. Together, they will break down the big numbers into more manageable pieces, identify sources of finance and prototypes to be scaled, and examine the critical role of concessionality in incentivizing the scale needed. This is a must-see for those who are serious about scaling climate finance.
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Be among the first to learn the big insights emerging from the WBG’s new transformative diagnostic, the Country Climate and Development Reports. Join some of the architects of this new report as they synthesize the key findings from around 25 countries and reveal their most interesting recommendations about how countries can reduce emissions while growing their economies. Learn also from developing countries about their experience with CCDRs and how they plan to use them. This is a must-see for those who care about climate and development.
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This interactive, high-level panel will share successful climate finance investment instruments in Africa’s private sector banks, while highlighting the important role regulators play in greening the financial sector.
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Mamadou Moustapha Bâ is Minister of Finance and Budget of Senegal since September 17, 2022. He was previously Director General of the Budget since 2014. Between 1992 and 2000 Mr. Ba was in charge of programs at the Directorate of Economic and Financial Cooperation (Dcef). Then from 2001 to 2006, he was head of the primary office of the Dcef. In 2007, he became the Deputy Director of Economic and…
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Oulimata Sarr is current Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation of Senegal. From 2019 to 2022, she served as Regional Director for UN Women UN Women , the United Nations United Nations entity mandated for gender equality and empowerment of women, in 24 countries in West and Central Africa.
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Mr. Jidoud was promoted to Minister of Finance on April 7, 2021. He holds a PhD in Economics on “Structural Macroeconomics of Business Cycle Fluctuations’’. He career includes experience in several fields, including macroeconomics of development; structural and applied macro econometrics; public debt management; development of the financial sector; economic growth; and migration. Before his…
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World Bank Group President Malpass introduces SCALE, the new partnership to catalyze transformative climate action.
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Karima leads LeapFrog’s African Financial Services investment team, where she has driven landmark investments including into ARM Pensions, one of the largest pensions providers in Nigeria, and AIICO, one of the largest insurers in Nigeria. A deeply experienced operator and investor, she has significant experience working across the continent. Karima is widely recognised for her work shaping the…
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Slawomir Krupa was appointed Head of Global Banking and Investor Solutions in January 2021. Previously he was Chief Executive Officer for Societe Generale Americas since January 2016, in charge of Global Banking and Investors solutions activities for the region. Slawomir Krupa began his career in 1996 as an Inspector within Societe Generale’s Inspection department. He left the Group in 1999 to…
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