Dr. Landrigan is a pediatrician and an international leader in public health and preventive medicine. His pioneering research on the effects of lead poisoning in children led the U.S. government to mandate removal of lead from gasoline and paint, actions that have produced a more than 90% reduction in incidence of childhood lead poisoning over the past 25 years. His leadership of a National…
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Karen Mathiasen is a Senior Advisor in the Office of the US Executive Director. Prior to this position, she served as the Acting Executive Director in the same office. Karen was a Commissioner on The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health Karen has also held several positions at the US Treasury Department, including Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Debt and Development Policy (2012-2015),…
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Lemmy Chibwe Kapinka is Team Leader for client support services, IT team, serving as and looking after technology needs of more than 1000 clients of various business units within the World Bank. He has an outstanding track record of Information and Technology service management, design and effective execution of client support strategies both in the private sector and international development…
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Karin Kemper is the Global Director for Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy at the World Bank. In her career spanning over 25 years, Dr. Kemper has worked on global environmental, natural resources and water issues. She has served in a range of functions at the World Bank, including as the Senior Director for Environment and Natural Resources, Senior Regional Advisor in the Office of…
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Richard Fuller, is an Australian-born, U.S.-based engineer, entrepreneur and environmentalist best known for his work in global pollution remediation. He is president of the nonprofit Pure Earth (formerly known as Blacksmith Institute) dedicated to solving pollution problems in low and middle-income countries, where human health is at risk. Mr. Fuller initiated and now leads the Secretariat of…
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Sir James Wolfensohn (1933) is Chairman of Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a firm which he started in 1982 to advise the senior managements of major international corporations on acquisition strategy and implementation. In the firm, he was joined by Paul Volcker and Frank Petito, former Chair of Morgan Stanley. Each acted as Chair of the firm. He left the firm in 1995 to become President of the…
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Pascale Dubois, a Belgian national, became the World Bank Group’s Integrity Vice President on July 1, 2017. The Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) contributes to the World Bank’s core mission of promoting development and reducing poverty by ensuring that funds are used for their intended purposes. As the head of INT, Ms. Dubois manages investigations and pursues sanctions in connection with…
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Alessandra Guedes is currently the Regional Advisor for Family Violence at the WHO Regional Office for the Americas / Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Washington, DC where she oversees the organization’s work in the areas of violence against children and violence against women. She has worked in the area of violence against women since 1999 and is particularly interested in the…
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Mr. Barrett is the Chairman of the OECD Infrastructure Forum; he is concurrently a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, focusing on global infrastructure finance and development. Prior to assuming these roles, he was the Chief Representative of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Minister of the European Union Delegation to the United States during which time he was also, inter alia ,…
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