Cl\u00e1udia Concei\u00e7\u00e3o is Regional Director for Southern Africa at the IFC \u2013 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, Cl\u00e1udia 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.<\/p>\n
Before joining the IFC, Cl\u00e1udia 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.<\/p>\n
Before her role at Standard Chartered Bank, Cl\u00e1udia 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.<\/p>\n
Cl\u00e1udia is a Mozambican and Portuguese national and holds a Master of Science in Economics from Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","evenement-salon":[133,132,250],"class_list":["post-24041","sb_speaker","type-sb_speaker","status-publish","hentry","evenement-salon-133","evenement-salon-132","evenement-salon-250"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n