Biographies

Reina Irene Mejia

Reina Irene Mejia, President a.i., Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), accumulating with Vice Presidency, holding CEO and COO responsibilities. Prior to joining IDB, she was the CEO of Citibank Honduras and had 25 years of experience in banking in Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.


Vivienne Y. Apopo

Ms Vivienne Yeda Apopo is the current Director General of the East African Development Bank (EADB). Ms Apopo is an experienced professional banker and international business lawyer.


Leslie Maarsdop

Mr Leslie Maasdorp is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the New Development Bank. In this role, he is responsible for the treasury, portfolio management, finance and accounting functions of the Bank.


Leany Lemos

Leany Lemos is the former CEO of Extreme South Regional Development Development Bank (Brazil). She is the Lemann foundation programme visiting fellow of practice.


Ngaire Woods – Moderator

Professor Ngaire Woods is the founding Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government and Professor of Global Economic Governance at Oxford University.


Boitumelo Mosako

Boitumelo Mosako was appointed CFO of the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) in 2018. She is a qualified CA(SA) with over 12 years’ experience in financial services.


Susan M. Lund

Susan M. Lund is IFC’s Vice President for Economics and Private Sector Development. Prior to joining IFC, Ms. Lund spent over 20 years as a partner at McKinsey & Company and leader of the McKinsey Global Institute.


Émilie Maehara

Émilie Maehara is the Deputy Executive Director of the Global Fund for Cities Development (FMDV). FMDV supports all levels of governments (local, national and regional) through technical assistance and operational programmes.


Claudia Arce

Claudia Arce is responsible for the Latin America and the Caribbean Department in KfW Group since July 2020. Between 2018 and 2020 she led the digitalization project in KfW. Before, she was responsible for the South Asian region for more than 7 years.


Bruno Laskowsky

Bruno Laskowsky is Director of BNDES, responsible for BNDESPAR, Indirect Credit and Digital Operations and Corporate Restructuring.


Fazia Pusterla

Fazia Pusterla was appointed in September 2021 as Representative for the Office in Europe of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group based in Madrid, Spain.


Hans Peter Lankes

Hans Peter Lankes is a Visiting Senior Fellow at ODI, a Visiting Professor in Practice at the LSE Grantham Research Institute and a Senior Fellow at the LSE/Oxford International Growth Centre.


Shri Sivasubramanian Ramann

Shri Sivasubramanian Ramann, belongs to 1991 batch of Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IA&AS). He joined as Chairman & Managing Director, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) on 19 April 2021.


Mar Merita Blat

Mar Merita Blat joined AFD's Social Link Unit in 2020, mandated with developing the subject of gender equality. Before joining AFD, she worked as Senior Project Manager for Expertise France.


Anna Petherick

Anna Petherick is an Associate Professor in Public Policy and Director of the Lemann Foundation Programme at Blavatnik School of Government.


Thomas Hale

Thomas Hale’s a professor in public policy at Blavatnik School of Government. His research explores how we can manage transnational problems effectively and fairly.