Markus Karlsson has been with France 24 and its English-language network from the start in 2006. He used to anchor the channel’s flagship morning show, and now he’s Business Editor. Markus has a solid background in news and with international affairs; having lived and worked in Britain, Russia, Sweden and France. Throughout his career he’s conducted hundreds of interviews with business leaders as…
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Mr. Mohamed Boussaid who has been appointed by His Majesty the King Mohammed VI as Minister of Economy and Finance, was born in September 1961 in Fes. He held a degree of engineering from the “Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées -ENPC- Paris” (Industrial Engineering option) in 1986 and a "Master of Business Administration from the International School of Business, ENPC "in 2000. From 1986 to…
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First Lady Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is a lawyer, writer, and the wife of the 44th and current President, Barack Obama. She is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Through her four main initiatives, she has become a role model for women and an advocate for healthy families, service members and their families, higher education, and international adolescent girls…
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The Rt Hon. Clare Short is a British politician and former Labour Party MP. She is currently Chair of Cities Alliance, an intergovernmental advocacy organization committed to meeting the UN target to abolish slums in cities across the globe. In 1997 she became the first cabinet-level Secretary of State for the Department of International Development (DfID). During her time in government Clare…
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Jingdong Hua is Vice President and Treasurer of IFC. He is responsible for managing IFC’s financial position, safeguarding its international triple-A rating and maintaining its standing as a premier issuer in the global capital markets. He oversees liquid assets, market borrowings, and risk-management instruments totaling over $100 billion. Under Mr. Hua’s leadership, IFC focuses on capital…
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Gavin Wilson has been the CEO of IFC Asset Management Company LLC (AMC) since its founding, in 2009. A wholly-owned subsidiary of IFC, AMC raises and manages third-party capital, investing in IFC transactions in developing countries. It currently manages $8.7 billion across 11 funds, including one fund of funds. Previously, Mr. Wilson was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division at…
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Jan Walliser was the Vice President for the World Bank's Global Practices covering Finance, Competitiveness, & Innovation; Governance; Macroeconomics, Trade, & Investment; and Poverty and Equity since July 1, from July 2015 to June 2018. In this role, Jan is charged with was responsible for ensuring high-quality lending, analytical and advisory services aligned with country demand and in…
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Mr. Romer is the World Bank’s Chief Economist. Before joining the World Bank group, he was Professor at New York University (NYU) and Director of the Marron Institute of Urban Management which deepens the study of cities to improve urban management; in addition, he was the founding director of the Urbanization Project at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, which researches the many ways in…
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