Deva De Silva Email & Phone Number

Deva De Silva is IFC’s Resident Representative in Suva, Fiji covering Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati and Tuvalu. Deva joined IFC in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2006. He counts over 24 years’ experience in banking and finance in emerging markets including 20 years in development finance covering SME banking, microfinance, infrastructure, housing finance, renewable energy and business advisory services. Deva has been a key member of IFC’s Pacific team and has played a lead role in developing the investment and advisory programs across the region. He has led IFC’s engagement in Fiji and has developed a comprehensive and integrated advisory services program and an investment pipeline. Before moving to the Pacific region, he was part of the South Asia financial markets team of IFC and was later based in Colombo as IFC’s Head of Advisory Services for Sri Lanka and Maldives. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree and an MBA and is also a Chartered Management Accountant and a Chartered Marketer of UK. He has served as a Teaching Fellow of the International Development Faculty of the Harvard University, USA and as a Faculty Member of the Duke Centre for International Development of the Duke University, USA for programs on investment appraisal and risk analysis.