MIGA Leadership

Vice President & Chief Risk, Legal and Admin Officer, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, World Bank Group

Karin Finkelston is a VP:Partnerships & Communication at IFC - International Finance Corporation, Vice President at IFC - International Finance Corporation, and Associate Director at IFC - International Finance Corporation and is based in Washington, D.C.. She has worked as VP:Asia-Pacific at IFC - International Finance Corporation, Manager at KPMG Consulting, and VP/COO at Intl Bank Reconstruction & Dev. Karin attended Harvard Business School and DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

Muhamet Fall is an Associate Director & Chief Underwriter, Operations at MIGA.

Emerging market economist / finance specialist with over twenty years of experience with private and public investments and policy reform. Regional experience includes East and South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Most of my experience is with project finance structures including energy, mining and telecommunications transactions, with deal size ranging from $3m to $1000m. I am passionate about helping companies understand, structure and mitigate the macro-economic and political risks that could potentially impact their investments in emerging markets.

Specialties:

Economic and political risk facing private investors in emerging markets

Emerging market investment strategy, economics and finance

Risk management, structuring and mitigation

Private sector development, policy and strategy

Over three decades of experience encompassing hedge funds, private equity, fund of funds, project finance, investment banking, risk and ESG. In-depth research-driven fundamental investor in equities/fixed income in multiple sectors (FIG, TMT, Infrastructure, Energy, Manufacturing, Services, and Funds). Deep emerging and developed markets experience. Dynamic, Entrepreneurial, Innovative, and Ethical. Global network of contacts with investors, fund managers, corporate leaders, and officials.

S. Vijay Iyer is a Vice President and COO at MIGA.