Aleem is Chief Executive Officer at the Aga Khan Foundation USA. Previously, he was Chief Innovation Advisor within the Leadership, Learning, and Innovation Vice Presidency at the World Bank Group. He oversaw a portfolio of programs related to Big Data/Analytics for Development, Innovations in Finance for base of the pyramid (BoP) clients, and youth engagement, inclusion and peacebuilding with a…
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Marcelo Giugale is the Senior Economic Adviser at the World Bank Group’s Cluster of Global Practices for Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions, the professional home of the Group’s 2,000-plus specialists in macroeconomics, trade, finance, poverty reduction, and institutional development. He was also the Senior Director of the World Bank Group’s Global Practice on Macroeconomics and Fiscal…
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Charles Castel is Governor of Haiti’s Central Bank (BRH). He initially joined BRH as an advisor in 1995 to the then Governor of the Bank. As the Executive Director of the Haitian Privatization Commission, Castel was instrumental in spearheading the Government of Haiti’s first successful privatizations, the Moulins d'Haiti (flour mill), and the Cimenterie Nationale (cement company). After serving…
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Dr. David Nabarro, a public health expert, was appointed on 12 August 2014. As the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Ebola, his role is to provide strategic and policy direction for an enhanced international response, and galvanize essential support for affected communities and countries. He works closely with Governments in the region, and other partners, in pursuit of these critical…
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Ibrahim Saif is the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation in Jordan. Prior to that, he was a resident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center. Saif also served as a consultant to numerous international organizations including the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the International Labor Organization. Saif is a former director of the Center for Strategic Studies at…
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Benno NDULU is Governor of the Bank of Tanzania. Prior to the post of Governor, he was a Professor at the University of Dar es Salaam before serving as Executive Director of the African Economic Research Consortium. Subsequently, at the World Bank he served as Lead Economist - Macroeconomic Division for Eastern Africa; Research Manager, Development Economics Department; Manager and Advisor to…
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Andris Piebalgs is an experienced Latvian politician who occupied key positions in both national and European political fields. During the first Barroso Commission, starting in November 2004, he was the European Commissioner for Energy. In that capacity, he led the development of a more competitive, sustainable and secure European energy system, which is one of the crowning achievements of the…
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