Development finance professional with a decade of experience in economic policy and international finance. As Senior Financial Officer in the office of the World Bank’s Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, I advise the CFO in her oversight of the Bank’s financial and risk management policies. I also incubate innovations to expand the Bank’s lending capacity and create new financial solutions for climate change and other global challenges. Formerly a Singapore policymaker and diplomat, I held various roles in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Board, including as Singapore’s envoy to the World Bank, Advisor to Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam on multilateral development bank reform, Head of national innovation policy responsible for Singapore’s R&D budget, and member of the 2017 Committee on the Future of the Economy secretariat. I also served as speechwriter to Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister. I have lived in the Philippines, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, China, and the US. All views are my own.
Listed skills include Strategic Planning, Business Strategy, Data Analysis, Economics, and 15 others.