Jaime Madrigano is an Associate Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation. She applies epidemiologic methods to evaluate the environmental and social determinants of health. Her prior work has examined adverse health impacts resulting from exposure to air pollution and extreme weather, focusing on vulnerable populations. Ms. Madrigano is also interested in how people perceive risk as it relates…
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Ms. Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough, is the Country Director for Sri Lanka and the Maldives in the South Asia Region (SAR). Ms. Pswarayi-Riddihough, a Zimbabwean national, joined the Bank in 1995 as a Young Professional (YP). She earned her PHD from Oxford University in 1993. She has since held various operational and corporate management positions, her most recent being Director of Strategy and Operations, in the Human Resources…
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Axel A. Weber was elected to the Board of Directors (BoD) of UBS AG at the 2012 AGM and of UBS Group AG in November 2014. He is Chairman of the BoD of both UBS AG and UBS Group AG. He recently led the work examining the World Bank’s Capital Adequacy. He has chaired the Governance and Nominating Committee since 2012 and became Chairperson of the Corporate Culture and Responsibility Committee in…
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Mr. Hiro Mizuno has served as Executive Managing Director and CIO of GPIF since January 2015. Prior to joining GPIF, he was a partner of Coller Capital, a London-based private equity firm. He is a member of the Board and Asset Owner Advisory Committee of PRI. He is one of Founding Members of Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI), established in January, 2019. He serves as an executive…
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Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild is founder and chief executive of the Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism and chair of E.L. Rothschild LLC, a private investment company with investments in media, information technology, agriculture and real estate. Holdings include The Economist Group (U.K.), real estate and financial instruments. Lady de Rothschild has been a director of The Estee Lauder…
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John Allen became president of Brookings in November 2017. Allen is a retired U.S. Marine Corps four-star general and former commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan. In the latter role, Allen commanded 150,000 U.S. and NATO forced in Afghanistan from 2011-2013. Before retiring from public service, Allen served for 15 months as senior advisor to…
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A Dutch-Congolese national, Patricia is founder and CEO of The Job Factory Recruitment in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After 15 years of professional experience in various fields in the Netherlands, Belgium and South Africa, she moved to DRC to open her business. In 2015, she was appointed President of the National Social Commission.
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Bilha Ndirangu is the Chief Operating Officer at Africa's Talking (AT), a Pan-African mobile technology company. She oversees the company's operations across six African markets including Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Malawi. AT provides technology infrastructure and support to software developers with the aim of building a viable, entrepreneurial technology ecosystem for Africa. Prior to joining AT…
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Seni was appointed Andela’s Vice President of Global Operations on April 10, 2018 responsible for overseeing talent recruitment and development, service delivery, and African operations across Lagos, Nairobi and Kampala, driving key decisions and initiatives that affect Andela’s 900+ employees. He is passionate about building an ecosystem of exemplary African businesses and leaders. He has…
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Tony O. Elumelu is a visionary entrepreneur and a philanthropist. Born, raised and educated in Africa, Mr. Elumelu has been responsible for creating businesses across the continent, in sectors critical to Africa’s economic development. In 2010, he founded Heirs Holdings, an African investment holding company, with investments in financial services, power generation, oil and gas, agribusiness,…
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