Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt most recently served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, a position he held from 2009 to 2013. From 2004 to 2009, Ambassador Lenhardt was the President and CEO of the nonprofit National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC). He was the Senior Vice President of Government Relations for The Shaw Group from 2003 to 2004. In 2001, Ambassador Lenhardt…
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Ms. Grandvoinnet is a governance expert, with nineteen years of experience in research, policy dialogue, and project design and management on a whole gamut of governance areas: transparency and accountability, decentralization, public finances, justice reform, anti-corruption and civil service reform. In her current position at the World Bank, she provides managerial and strategic support to the…
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Mark Robinson is Global Director of Governance at the World Resources Institute (WRI) in Washington, D.C., a leading global think tank on sustainable development. He is responsible for managing the Governance Center of Excellence, leading governance work across the various program initiatives of the Institute, and integrating governance perspectives into climate and sustainable development. Mark…
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Marisa Lago was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development. In this position, Lago is responsible for leading Treasury's role on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. She will also direct Treasury's portfolio on international financial services regulation, trade, banking…
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Jean-Pierre ELONG MBASSI is Secretary-General, United Cities and Local Governments of Africa - UCLGA, Morocco. Mr. Elong Mbassi has held his current position since 2007 coordinating actions in decentralization, support to Local Governments services supply and infrastructure management. From March 1992 to March 2007, he was Secretary-General of the Municipal Development Partnership, West and…
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e Fan is Deputy Director of Institute of World Economics and Politics in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). A specialist on China’s macro-economy, international finance, and international political economy, Dr. He is the author or editor of 10 books and more than 100 papers in professional economics journals. He Fan is also an advisor to many Chinese government agencies and a regular…
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Mrs Nial Kaba is the first woman to support the Department of Economy and Finance. She was appointed to this position by Decree No. 2012-1119 of 22 November 2012 appointing the members of the government. This appointment is the culmination of a long and rich academic and professional career. After a BA C degree obtained in 1981 at the Lycée Moderne of Abengourou, Mrs. Kaba, in 1985 earned a…
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Mr. Manuel joined the civil service in the Ministry of Finance, where he rose to the position of Minister. He received a M.A in Quantitative Economics from London Guildhall University in 2001. He has held several important positions, among them: Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Sovereign Fund of Angola – Luanda (2012); Secretary for Economic Affairs of the President of the Republic (…
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Pierre van Rensburg is the Strategic Executive for Infrastructure, Water and Technical Services at the City of Windhoek, Namibia. He is a registered Professional Engineer and holds both a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, as well as a Master’s degree in Water and Wastewater Treatment. As the Head of Department, Mr. van Rensburg’s responsibilities include overseeing the strategic planning and…
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Aaron Siegel (b. 1983) is a transdisciplinarian with a concentration in computational information design. He received his BFA in Digital Media Art from the Cadre Laboratory for New Media at San Jose State University in 2006, and his MFA in Design|Media Art from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2008. His motivation comes from interesting data sets, interfaces, and public spaces. He…
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