The Minister of Health and Social Protection is a doctor and has a master's degree in Economics from the Javeriana University. He also has a master's degree in Public Health / Occupational Health from the Harvard School of Public Health, in Boston, and a doctorate in Public Health, from the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico. In his professional career, the position he held as Deputy…
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Yves Perrier has overseen asset management operations at Crédit Agricole Group for the past 14 years. In 2010, he was behind the creation of Amundi, merging the activities of Credit Agricole Asset Management and Société Générale Asset Management. Under his leadership, Amundi saw outstanding development achieved through organic growth and successful external growth operations, in particular the…
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Dr. Rhian-Mari Thomas is Chief Executive of the Green Finance Institute, backed by the UK Government and City of London Corporation. Rhian spent 20 years in investment banking and corporate finance and was awarded an OBE for services to green banking. She is an Emeritus Member of TCFD and co-chaired the launch of the TNFD. Rhian sits on numerous advisory groups across UK Government including the…
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Christian Schoder studied economics at the University of Vienna and at the Australian National University. He holds a PhD in Economics from the New School for Social Research. He was research assistant at Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) and assistant professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and at the New School for Social Research. Christian has published in journals…
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Gillian Cerbu is a Senior Climate Change Specialist in the Climate Change Group in the World Bank. In her current role she advises on priority setting and grant approval as part of the Climate Support Facility, specifically on the Green Recovery Initiative and its associated Whole of Economy Program. She has extensive experience leading lending operations and analytical work with a strong focus…
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Mr. Stephenson King is the Parliamentary Representative for Castries North in Saint Lucia and was appointed as Senior Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Ports, Transport, Physical Development and Urban Renewal in August 2021. He is currently one of the longest serving Parliamentarians in Saint Lucia’s House of Assembly and previously led the country as its Prime Minister between 2007-2011…
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Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as India’s Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs in 2019. She was first elected to the Rajya Sabha in the Parliament of India in 2014, and subsequently reelected in 2016. She has also held several ministerial portfolios since 2014, including Minister of Defense, Minister of State of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Minister of State in the Ministry…
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Mr. Jochen Flasbarth obtained his degree in economics from the Universities of Münster and Bonn and assumed his position as State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in December 2021. Prior to that, he had been State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety for eight years and President of the Federal…
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Rema Hanna is the Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South‐East Asia Studies and Chair of the International Development Area at the Harvard Kennedy School. She serves as the Faculty Director of Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) at Harvard University’s Center for International Development and is the co‐Scientific Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J‐PAL) South East Asia Office in…
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Economist with a Master's degree in Economics from the Universidad de los Andes and a Master's degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago. She worked for more than 8 years at the World Bank on labor market, poverty, and social protection issues for countries in Southeast Asia, Latin America and Central Europe. She was Deputy Director of Education at the National Planning Department…
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