Cláudia Conceição is Regional Director for Southern Africa at the IFC – International Finance Corporation. She joined the IFC in September 2023 and leads the organization’s strategy and operations across 12 countries in the Southern Africa region. As Director, Cláudia is responsible for increasing IFC’s impact and supporting development in sectors including agribusiness, infrastructure, and finance across the region, as well as supporting green and climate projects.

Before joining the IFC, Cláudia served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for Angola at Standard Chartered Bank. Prior to that, she was based in Nairobi, where she demonstrated her leadership skills and expertise in managing key strategic assets across the East Africa region.

Before her role at Standard Chartered Bank, Cláudia was Director of Corporate and Investment Banking at Barclays Bank in Mozambique. In that position, she led a national team responsible for coverage, debt, structured finance, treasury, and trade finance products, as well as portfolio management for Lusophone and Francophone Africa.

Cláudia is a Mozambican and Portuguese national and holds a Master of Science in Economics from Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique.