Mathias Cormann is the 6th Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). His five-year term commenced on 1 June 2021. Prior to his appointment to the OECD, Mathias served as the Australian Minister for Finance, the Leader of the Government in the Australian Senate and as Federal Senator representing the State of Western Australia. In these roles, he has…
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Charles Dalton is Senior Health Specialist at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). He has 30 years of public and private health sector experience, including at the UK National Health Service and KPMG South Africa, where he completed over 100 public and private advisory projects. He joined IFC in 2013 where he works globally evaluating IFC health service investments.
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Iffath Sharif is Manager of the Human Capital Project. She works on supporting the World Bank Group’s global agenda to protect, build and utilize human capital in partnership with countries and development agencies. She has previously held multiple positions in the Africa region as Practice Manager for the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice, as well as in South Asia as Lead Economist and…
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Beatrice is a communications specialist with three decades of corporate experience spanning the FMCG, finance and telecommunications industries. The last decade was as CEO of Digicel PNG Foundation, with the more recent three years as founder and CEO of GeuLen & Daughters Ltd (GLaD) and Black &White Events Ltd (B&WE). GLaD and B&WE are a strategic Management and Restructure…
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Mary is the Founder of 17 Ventures, a MENA-based impact investment and advisory firm focused on advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Prior to this Mary spent 15 years as a social entrepreneur and was chosen as ‘Jordan’s Top Businesswoman’ in 2019. She was featured in Entrepreneur magazine in September 2021 following the launch of Landmark 2.0 an innovation and impact program…
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Mr. Ion Gumene, State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. Ion Gumene was appointed State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance on February 02, 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Gumene served as Program Director at the “Expert-Grup” think tank’s department of public policies and public administration reform (2016-2022); consultant in the field of functional analysis at the Dynamic Integrated Processes…
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Svenja Schulze was appointed Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development in December 2021, in the Cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz. She served as Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 1988, she was Secretary General of the North Rhine-Westphalia SPD from 2017 to 2018, and…
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Minister Luvsantseren has been elected as a Member of Parliament of Mongolia multiple times, in 2012, 2016, and 2020. In January 2021, he was appointed as Minister of Education and Science and also appointed as Acting Minister of Digital Development and Communications in January 2022. He previously served as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Mongolia and as Chairman of the Standing Committee of…
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Hania is Manager for Climate Strategy and Business Development at the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. Prior to this role, Hania was Assistant to World Bank Group President David Malpass, where she advised the President on a range of strategic and policy matters, including infrastructure, energy, and climate. Before joining the Office of the…
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Auguste T. Kouamé is the World Bank Country Director for the Republic of Turkey. Prior to taking this role in May 2019, Auguste was Director of the department of Human Development and Economic Management at the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank Group from January 2017 to April 2019. He oversaw independent evaluations in economic management and country programs as well as…
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