Mr. Ethiopis Tafara is Vice President & Chief Finance, Risk, Legal and Sustainability Officer for the World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). He joined MIGA in September ...

Mr. Benedict Chia is Director-General (Climate Change) from the National Climate Change Secretariat in the Strategy Group, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore. He is responsible for driving Singapore’s ...

The World Bank Group’s Spring and Annual Meetings, held each April and October, bring together global leaders, country representatives, and civil society to discuss the global economy, progress on ...

Ousmane Dione is currently the World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa where he leads the Bank's work to provide critical support to region's countries in the face of complex, ...

Rania A. Al-Mashat has been part of Egypt’s cabinet of ministers since 2018. She currently serves as the Minister of Planning, Economic Development & International Cooperation, and previously served ...

Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore’s President in September 2023. He served in politics for 22 years before resigning to contest in the Presidential Election. He was Deputy Prime Minister ...

Anna Bjerde spearheads the World Bank’s work on the most pressing development challenges, overseeing an active portfolio worth $340 billion in programs across client countries. With 30 years of ...

Jasur Karshibaev is the Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance for the Republic of Uzbekistan with extensive experience in both domestic and international financial sectors. Prior to becoming the ...

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers is one of America’s leading economists. In addition to serving as 71st Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, Dr. Summers served as ...

A British national with Nigerian heritage, Femi Oke is an international journalist, writer and moderator. Since the 1980s, she has worked for BBC television and radio, Sky TV, all U.K. terrestrial ...