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Kenneth M. Jacobs (born 1957/1958) is the chairman and chief executive officer of Lazard since November 16, 2009. Jacobs joined Lazard in 1988. Jacobs was named a Lazard Partner in 1991, and in 2002 he was named Deputy Chairman and Head of North America for Lazard. In this role, he focused on enhancing the firm's business by entering into new markets and adding new practices, such as restructuring, strategic capital structure advice, and private fund advisory. He also focused on bringing in new staff specializing in energy, technology and healthcare.

MUSA Sir DR IR FEROZ is a CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (ASEAN) at Boeing, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (ASEAN) at BP, and CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER at SITIMAS SDN BHD ( BRUNEI DARUSSALAM) and is based in Johor, Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia. He works or has worked as OWNER/PRESIDENT/PRINCIPAL at INTERNATIONAL WORLD BANK FUND, CHIEF EXECUTIVE MARKETING(ASEAN) at Dakota Air Parts International Inc, and OWNER/PRESIDENT/PRINCIPAL at INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN BANKER GROUPS. Musa attended Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago Campus between 1996 and 2005; Regent's University London between 1991 and 1995; and American University School of International Service between 2000 and 2017.

Robert Steers, Chief Executive Officer of Cohen & Steers, founded the firm with Martin Cohen in 1986 as the first investment advisor dedicated to real estate securities. He serves on the Advisory Committee for the International Monetary Fund’s Staff Retirement Plan. At his alma mater of Georgetown University, Mr. Steers is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Steers Center for Global Real Estate and is a member of the Endowment Investment Committee. From 1982 to 1986, he was Chief Investment Officer of National Securities and Research Corporation, where he and Mr. Cohen organized and managed the first real estate securities mutual fund in the United States. Prior to that, Mr. Steers was an analyst and portfolio manager of Citibank’s Emerging Growth Stock Fund. Mr. Steers holds a BS from Georgetown University and an MBA from George Washington University. He is based in New York.

Philippe Le Houérou is Executive Vice President and CEO of IFC. Philippe Le Houérou, a French national, joined IFC in March 2016, bringing three decades of experience in international finance and development. His career includes leadership positions at the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where he developed and implemented business strategies, helped increase lending and spearheaded new partnerships. Prior to his arrival at IFC, Philippe Le Houérou was Vice President for Policy & Partnerships at the EBRD. In that role, he coordinated country strategies, restructured and redefined the EBRD approach to policy dialogue, and led other initiatives to support the organization’s private sector development and transition mandate. He was also responsible for the mobilization and management of donor funds for nuclear safety and for the EBRD’s engagement with key external stakeholders and organizations. Before joining the EBRD in 2015, Philippe Le Houérou was the World Bank’s Regional Vice President for the South Asia Region. As Vice President, Philippe Le Houérou designed a new regional strategy, restructured the Bank’s portfolio in the region to improve its performance and more than doubled new lending. Previously, Philippe Le Houérou was the Bank’s Regional Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, where he led the Bank’s effort to mitigate the global economic crisis’s impact on the region and ramped up analytical and advisory work, as well as new lending. Earlier in his career, Philippe Le Houérou held a number of other key positions at the World Bank, including Vice President of Concessional Finance and Global Partnerships; Acting Vice President and Chief Information Officer; Director of Finance and Resource Mobilisation; Macro-Fiscal Sector Manager; and Resident Representative in Madagascar. Le Houérou began his career in banking in the private sector, and initially joined the World Bank Group as a Young Professional, which included work in IFC investment operations in East Asia. Born in Montpellier, France, Philippe Le Houérou grew up in North Africa and Italy and went on to attend the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. He holds an MBA from Columbia University and a Ph.D in Economics from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.