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Sean Penn
Two-time Academy Award® winner Sean Penn has become an American film icon in a career spanning over three decades. Penn has been nominated five times for the Academy Award® as Best Actor for "Dead Man Walking," "Sweet and Lowdown," "I Am Sam" and won his first Oscar® in 2003 for his searing performance in Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River" and his second Oscar® as Best Actor in 2009 for Gus Van Sant…
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Dimitris Tsitsiragos
Dimitris Tsitsiragos leads IFC’s international investment operations and advisory services. He also oversees IFC’s client coverage group, which forges relationships with key private sector partners worldwide. Mr. Tsitsiragos was previously Vice President for IFC’s Europe, Central Asia, Middle East, and North Africa region, where he led IFC’s investments and advisory services—delivering an…
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Katty Kay
Katty’s career with the BBC began in Zimbabwe in 1990. She then went on to work as a BBC correspondent in London, and later Tokyo. In 1996, Katty came to Washington where she has reported on presidential elections, the 9/11 attacks and the economic downturn. She is the anchor of the award winning newscast BBC World News America. In addition she appears on Morning Joe and is a regular guest host…
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Gaëlle Olivier
Gaëlle Olivier is the Chief Executive Officer, General Insurance, AXA Asia, based at the regional head office in Hong Kong. Gaëlle oversees all General Insurance operations in Southeast Asia including Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia as well as in Hong Kong, China and India. Prior to her appointment to this position at AXA Asia in April 2011, Gaëlle was Head of Communications and…
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Denis Duverne
Since April 2010, Denis Duverne has been Deputy Chief Executive Officer of AXA, in charge of Finance, Strategy and Operations. Denis started his career in 1984 as commercial counselor for the French Consulate General in New York before becoming director of the Corporate Tax Department for the French Ministry of Finance in 1986. In 1988, he became Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy for the…
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Kalee Kreider
Kalee Kreider has over 20 years of public relations, marketing, and policy experience specializing in the environment, technology, sustainable business, the media and politics. Currently, she serves Science Policy Advisor to the United Nations Foundation and runs a consultancy. Prior to that she worked for nearly seven years as environmental adviser and communications director for former Vice…
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Francis Kariuki
Mr. Kariuki was appointed Director – General of the Competition Authority of Kenya on 9th January, 2013. His main interests are in competition regulation and also the economics of institutional development. In addition, he has been focusing on the impact of budget constraints on agency investigative processes and HR policy. He is well known for his advocacy initiatives, nationally in Kenya and…
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Jennifer Cooke
Jennifer Cooke is director of the CSIS Africa Program, where she manages a range of projects on political, economic, and security dynamics in Africa, providing research and analysis to U.S. policymakers, members of Congress, and the U.S. military, as well as the broader public. She is a frequent writer and lecturer on U.S.-Africa policy, on political and economic trends across the continent, and…
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Deborah Wetzel (Chair)
Deborah Wetzel, , a U.S. national with more than 25 years of experience in development work around the world, is the World Bank Senior Director for Governance since April 4, 2016. Ms. Wetzel was previously Director of Strategy and Operations for the Middle East and North Africa Region and prior to that served as Country Director for Brazil, from March 2012 until July 2015. Ms. Wetzel was the World Bank Group’s…
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Steven Shalita
Steven Shalita is the Manager for Communications in the Africa External Communications and Partnership (AFREC) unit, in the Africa Region. He has worked with the World Bank Group for close to 12 years, mostly in the Africa Region. His most recent assignment was with the Climate Investment Funds in Washington, DC. Prior to joining the Bank Steven worked with several development agencies including…
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