Fida Rana is an infrastructure finance and PPP expert with more than 17 years of global experience. He has been a pioneer in structuring Islamic finance for infrastructure & PPP projects. Mr. Rana worked on PPP transactions with the Islamic Development Bank Group, covering a variety of industries including power, oil and gas, mining, and social infrastructure. He has also advised extensively…
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Mansur Muhtar served as Executive Director for the World Bank Group, Co-Chair of the UN Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Finance, Executive Director of the African Development Bank and Nigeria’s Minister of Finance. He holds a Master’s from Cambridge and a PhD in Economics from the University of Sussex. He is also a recipient of the Nigeria National Honors Award—…
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Mahmoud Mohieldin is the Bank’s Vice President for the 2030 Development Agenda, UN Relations and Partnerships, as well as a Professor at Cairo University. Previously he held senior positions in Egyptian government and in research centers and think tanks. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick, an MSc in Economic and Social Policy Analysis from the University of York, and a BSc…
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Mohamed Hedi Mejai heads the Investments Department of IsDBG and currently serves on the Investment Committee of the IsDBG Infrastructure Fund 2. His career includes serving as founding CEO of Injazat Technology Fund (Dubai), CEO and Board Member of Oryx Capital (Dubai), and Executive Director at the International Investment Bank (Bahrain). He holds a Master’s degree in Development Studies from…
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Sebnem Erol Madan is focused on developing commercial bank and bond financing solutions for infrastructure assets, sovereigns and sub-sovereign entities. Previously, she worked as Managing Director at Nomura International and Deutsche Bank. She has over 18 years of structured debt markets experience in sectors including transportation, energy and utilities. She holds a bachelor’s degree from…
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Walid Hejazi teaches an MBA course in Islamic Finance, the first such course in Canada. He has published over 50 articles in academic, peer-reviewed journals is completing a book on Islamic project finance. He has also advised Canadian and foreign governments on international trade, foreign investment, international tax structures and global competitiveness, and has appeared many times before…
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Volkan Celen focuses on political risk insurance and credit enhancement for cross-border investments in industrial and infrastructure projects. Prior to MIGA, he worked as Senior Legal Counsel for the Islamic Development Bank Group in Jeddah and for a law firm in Istanbul. He studied law at Galatasaray University in Istanbul and holds an LLM degree from Paris Sorbonne University and a PhD from…
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Abayomi Alawode leads the Bank’s program in Islamic finance. Since joining the Bank in 1997, he has worked as Lead Financial Sector Specialist, Senior Financial Specialist, and Adviser to the Central Bank of Bahrain. He holds BSc and MSc degrees in Economics from the Obafemi Awolowo University and an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge.
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Khaleel Ahmed leads Islamic financing in IFC’s Global Financial Institutions Group. Prior to joining IFC, he worked in Pakistan, heading merchant banking operations of National Development Finance Corporation. Before that he worked for Price Waterhouse in London. He is qualified as a Chartered Accountant and read Economics at the London School of Economics.
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Enrique Peñalosa is Mayor of Bogota, the Colombian capital with eight million inhabitants, for the four-year period from 2016-2019. He previously held this office from 1998-2001, during which time he led the transformation of the city into a model of sustainability, mobility, quality of life and equality. He is known for having created a network of bicycle paths, projects for the upgrading of…
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