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Imoni Akpofure, Special Representative, Western EuropeImoni Akpofure is based in Paris, with responsibility for managing IFC’s relationships with Western European shareholders and donors, business development with, and relationship management of, European companies, as well as building partnerships with other stakeholders in Previously, she served in various capacities in IFC, including Country Manager based in Ghana, with responsibility for the coordination of IFC’s strategy and business inFaso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Republic of Guinea, Liberia,of the Market Development Group in the Environment and Social Development Department; and Manager in IFC’s Global Manufacturing and Services Department. She also served as Country Manager in IFC’s regional office baseRepresentative based in Harare, Zimbabwe, with specific responsibility for Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Before joining the IFC, Ms. Akpofure practiced as a chartered civil engineer in the Ua Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, London, a Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from Newcastle University, UK, and an MBA from INSEAD, France.

Jim Arthur, Senior Advisor, Oyu Tolgoi, MongoliaDr James (Jim) Arthurand responsible for the design and execution of Oyu Tolgoi’s regional development program in the Southern Gobi region of Mongolia. Prior to this, he was a director of GHKthe fields of municipal, environmental and public health engineering, land management and in reforming and strengthening mechanisms for service delivery and improving local governance. He has lived and worked throughout Asia and theteams engaged in strategic assessments, capacity building and institutional development, and in the identification, preparation and implementation of regional, urban, social and environmental development programs and projects, mainly for national governments and international funding agencies. He has also undertaken extensive mission work in the urban, water, waste management and environmental sectors, mainly for the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and D

Andrew Bartley, Chief Investment Officer, IFCAndrew Bartley is Chief Investment Officer in the Global Telecoms Media and Technology (TMT) investment group at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington, DC. He is primarily responsible for originating new business and structuring complex equity, mezzanine and senior debt financings in the TMT sector in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. In the course of his career, Andrew has been responsible for arranging, structuring,over US$10 billion in corporate and project debt and equity financings in the communications, infrastructure, and oil and gas sectors in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Eastern/Southern Europe. Prior to joining the IFC, Andrew wsystems engineering, for Larox OY in Australia as a Design Engineer, and with BAE Marine Systems in the UK. Andrew received his B.Eng. (Mech.) from the University of Bristol, UK, and his M.B.A. from The Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA.

IFC Sustainability Exchange: Community Investment Tools to Drive Business PerformanceApproaches to Improve Local Royalty Management to Benefit Communities

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Imoni Akpofure, Special Representative, Western Europe Department, IFCbased in Paris, with responsibility for managing IFC’s relationships with Western

European shareholders and donors, business development with, and relationship management of, European companies, as well as building partnerships with other stakeholders in Previously, she served in various capacities in IFC, including Country Manager based in Ghana, with responsibility for the coordination of IFC’s strategy and business inFaso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Republic of Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone and Togo; Manager of the Market Development Group in the Environment and Social Development Department; and Manager in IFC’s Global Manufacturing and Services Department. She also served as Country Manager in IFC’s regional office based in Johannesburg, South Africa and as IFC’s Regional Representative based in Harare, Zimbabwe, with specific responsibility for Malawi, Zambia and

Before joining the IFC, Ms. Akpofure practiced as a chartered civil engineer in the Ua Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, London, a Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from Newcastle University, UK, and an MBA from INSEAD,

Jim Arthur, Senior Advisor, Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia (Jim) Arthur is currently Senior Advisor for Regional Development at Oyu Tolgoi LLC,

and responsible for the design and execution of Oyu Tolgoi’s regional development program in the Southern Gobi region of Mongolia. Prior to this, he was a director of GHKthe fields of municipal, environmental and public health engineering, land management and in reforming and strengthening mechanisms for service delivery and improving local governance. He has lived and worked throughout Asia and the Caribbean, frequently managing multiteams engaged in strategic assessments, capacity building and institutional development, and in the identification, preparation and implementation of regional, urban, social and environmental

rograms and projects, mainly for national governments and international funding agencies. He has also undertaken extensive mission work in the urban, water, waste management and environmental sectors, mainly for the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and D

Andrew Bartley, Chief Investment Officer, IFC Andrew Bartley is Chief Investment Officer in the Global Telecoms Media and Technology (TMT) investment group at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington, DC. He is

responsible for originating new business and structuring complex equity, mezzanine and senior debt financings in the TMT sector in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. In the course of his career, Andrew has been responsible for arranging, structuring, negotiating, and managing over US$10 billion in corporate and project debt and equity financings in the communications, infrastructure, and oil and gas sectors in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Eastern/Southern Europe. Prior to joining the IFC, Andrew worked with Monenco Agra in the UK in project management and systems engineering, for Larox OY in Australia as a Design Engineer, and with BAE Marine Systems in the UK. Andrew received his B.Eng. (Mech.) from the University of Bristol, UK, and his

rom The Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA.

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Community Investment Tools to Drive Business Performance Approaches to Improve Local Royalty Management to Benefit Communities

Department, IFC based in Paris, with responsibility for managing IFC’s relationships with Western

European shareholders and donors, business development with, and relationship management of, European companies, as well as building partnerships with other stakeholders in Europe. Previously, she served in various capacities in IFC, including Country Manager based in Accra, Ghana, with responsibility for the coordination of IFC’s strategy and business in Benin, Burkina

Niger, Sierra Leone and Togo; Manager of the Market Development Group in the Environment and Social Development Department; and Manager in IFC’s Global Manufacturing and Services Department. She also served as Country

d in Johannesburg, South Africa and as IFC’s Regional Representative based in Harare, Zimbabwe, with specific responsibility for Malawi, Zambia and

Before joining the IFC, Ms. Akpofure practiced as a chartered civil engineer in the UK. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, London, a Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from Newcastle University, UK, and an MBA from INSEAD,

Regional Development at Oyu Tolgoi LLC, and responsible for the design and execution of Oyu Tolgoi’s regional development program in the Southern Gobi region of Mongolia. Prior to this, he was a director of GHK Consulting, working in the fields of municipal, environmental and public health engineering, land management and in reforming and strengthening mechanisms for service delivery and improving local governance. He

Caribbean, frequently managing multi-professional teams engaged in strategic assessments, capacity building and institutional development, and in the identification, preparation and implementation of regional, urban, social and environmental

rograms and projects, mainly for national governments and international funding agencies. He has also undertaken extensive mission work in the urban, water, waste management and environmental sectors, mainly for the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and DFID.

Andrew Bartley is Chief Investment Officer in the Global Telecoms Media and Technology (TMT) investment group at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington, DC. He is

responsible for originating new business and structuring complex equity, mezzanine and senior debt financings in the TMT sector in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. In the course

negotiating, and managing over US$10 billion in corporate and project debt and equity financings in the communications, infrastructure, and oil and gas sectors in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Eastern/Southern Europe.

orked with Monenco Agra in the UK in project management and systems engineering, for Larox OY in Australia as a Design Engineer, and with BAE Marine Systems in the UK. Andrew received his B.Eng. (Mech.) from the University of Bristol, UK, and his

rom The Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA.

Kojo Bedu-Addo External Affairs Manager, Ahafo Mine, Newmont Ghana Kojo’s responsibility at Ahafo is to lead stakeholder management and the related social aspects of the business. This requires his direct management of the Community Relations, Communications and Community Development functions. Prior to Newmont he worked for the BG group where he held various roles, including that of External Affairs Manager, and Social Performance Manager in Nigeria. Prior to joining BG Group Kojo worked as a political and policy risks consultant with the Control Risks Group in London. Kojo began his career as a broadcast journalist with the BBC World Service in London. He holds a BA in Arabic and English from the University of Ghana, an MA in African Affairs from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, and an MA in International Affairs and Business Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Boston. He recently completed an Advance Management program at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona.

Raymi Beltran, Environmental Specialist, IFC Raymi is an Environmental Specialist with IFC’s Oil, Gas and Mining Division based in Washington DC. His main responsibilities include project appraisals, supervision and client E&S support for alignment with IFC’s environmental and social standards and guidelines. Prior to joining IFC, Raymi was the Environmental Manager for Kinross Gold Corporation based in Santiago de Chile. Before that, Raymi was the Environmental and Community Affairs Manager for the PERU LNG export project in Peru. Raymi has extensive environmental management experience in the development of projects in the extractive industry sector. This includes the development and implementation of ESMSs and ESIAs for large oil and gas and mining projects, the implementation of pollution prevention practices for the mining and oil and gas sector, the implementation of hydrogeological investigations and biodiversity management programs in sensitive environments, and the development of stakeholder engagement programs and community investment programs in local and indigenous communities.

Arjun Bhalla, Operations Officer, IFC Arjun Bhalla is an Operations Officer for International Finance Corporation’s Sustainable Business Advisory Department, Strategic Community Investment devoted to ensuring the distribution of local benefits and community engagement linked to the investments IFC makes around the world, in sectors ranging from infrastructure to agriculture.He has co-authored an IFC publication on Project-Induced In-Migration: Risk Assessment and Management Approaches. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Bhalla worked as a legal analyst in the Office of the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court in The Hague where he focused on human rights investigations in the Sudan, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr. Bhalla has also served as a project officer for judicial reform programs funded by the Canadian International Development Agency and worked with Human Rights Watch and their international justice program in London, UK. Mr. Bhalla received his BA with honors from Queen’s University in Canada and a duel MA with distinction in International Law and International relations from the University of Kent in Canterbury, United Kingdom.

George Brakoh Manager, Local Supplier and Contractor Development Newmont Ghana George Brakoh’s role at Newmont is to develop a long term sustainable policy for the development of local suppliers and contractors for Newmont Africa and see to it effective implementation. George has spent all his working life in the mining industry starting from the security department to supply chain management which spans over 20 years. George holds Construction Technician II Certificate from City & Guilds of London Institute from Accra Polytechnic. He is a chartered member of The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply –UK and has MBA in Strategic and Project Management from Paris Graduate School of Management-France. He has done lots of presentations and expert talks on SMEs development and their integration into Supply Chains of large gold mining companies to various stakeholders.

Vincent Blais, Manager, Deloitte & Touche Vincent is a Manager at Deloitte specializing in commodities valuation and risk management analytics in the mining and energy sectors. Vincent has worked on a wide variety of client assignments, including: margin and collateral margin requirements, risk driver identification and hedging strategies, risk quantification, real options and operational flexibility, derivative pricing, credit and market risk model reviews, and hedge accounting FAS 133. Before joining Deloitte & Touche LLP in April 2008, Vincent was a Consultant in the Enterprise Risk Management practice of a large consultant firm focusing on the energy, mining and chemical sectors. Prior to this, Vincent Blais was a member of the Mining and Metals Group AMEC Americas, in Ontario, Canada. At AMEC, Vincent performed projects and real options valuation using stochastic simulation techniques. He holds M.Sc. in Quantitative Finance and M.Sc. in Mining Engineering

from the Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Québec.

Boubacar Bocoum, Senior Mining Specialist, World Bank Boubacar has 20 years experience in the mining industry. He worked for over ten years in technical and managerial positions in the private sector in Mali and in South Africa before joining the World Bank. He holds a master degree in Mining Engineering and Economics, and an MBA.

Gustavo Cabrera, Deputy Manager, Antamina Trust Fund, Peru Gustavo Cabrera is an economist with an extensive experience in managing social responsibility programs in mining companies. He has also experience in managing public and private funds for social and economic development projects in communities and urban centers, nearby to mining operations.Currently, he is responsible of managing the Antamina Mining trust fund, the largest Corporate Social Responsibility effort in Peru and Latin America. In addition, Mr. Cabrera is currently President of the Social Affairs Committee of the Peruvian National Mining, Petroleum and Energy Association. He has been consultant for the IADB, UNDP, among other public and private institutions in the following topics: sustainable development using a territorial approach, stakeholders’ engagement, public policy design, and the implementation of development of programs at the local and rural level. Mr. Cabrera holds an MBA, a MS in Public Policies from the University of New York and a Diploma from IADB-INDES.

Doris Camargo, HSE & Social Management, Ecopetrol, Colombia Doris Camargo holds a degree in law. She has a long experience in social issues related to public and private institutionalization, at local and national level. As the leader of the strategic action line of Ecopetrol “Citizenship and Democracy”, Ms. Camargo works on the promotion of local institutional capabilities and the consolidation of supporting networks and open dialogue, as the fertile field to establish sustainable social processes in the regions where Ecopetrol operates.

Nicholas Cotts, Group Executive, Environment & Social Responsibility, Newmont Mining Nick joined Newmont in 1994 as the environmental manager for the Yanacocha mine in Peru. During his 11 year tenure in Peru his role evolved into a social environmental focus including external relations, sustainable development and communications. Nick was based in Ghana, West Africa from 2006-2010 in the role of Regional Vice President, Environment and Social Responsibility. The West African experience was largely focused on the development of a new region including new mine startup, permitting/development, and establishing an Environment and Social Responsibility program. The Ghanaian operation included a significant focus on land access, large scale resettlement, and establishment of an Environment and Social Responsibility operations team. Nick has recently transitioned to the Newmont Corporate offices in the United States where he is focused on supporting North American business activities from an ESR perspective as well as taking the lead on a number of global initiates. Nick received his Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University in Agronomy-Soil Conservation in 1988. He then went on to complete a Master of Science degree in Range Management-Restoration Ecology in 1991 from Colorado State University.

Lance Crist, Global Head of Oil and Gas Investments, IFC Mr. Crist leads IFC’s investment activities for exploration & production, pipelines, LNG, oilfield services and related sectors. His team oversees a $1.8 billion portfolio in over 30 countries. He has managed privatization advisory mandates, project and corporate finance, and private equity transactions in the areas of general manufacturing and telecommunications prior to his current role. He earned a B.A. from Cornell University, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the

University of Pennsylvania.

Frank De Costanzo, Vice President and Treasurer at Kinross Gold Corporation Frank C. De Costanzo is currently the Vice President and Treasurer at Kinross Gold Corporation, he was appointed to the role in September 2010. Prior to his current role, Mr. De Costanzo was the Finance Director International for Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI). Mr. De Costanzo had full financial management responsibilities for all PBBI operations in EMEA & APAC, a software business with global revenues in excess of US$400 million. Mr. De Costanzo joined Pitney Bowes Inc in March 1998 as the Assistant Treasurer with responsibilities that included foreign exchange and interest rate exposure management, liquidity management, cash management, trade finance and global banking relations. Prior to Pitney Bowes, Mr. De Costanzo spent fourteen years in commercial banking treasury. He held the position of Vice President, International Treasury for the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd. (now Mizuho Bank), trading foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives. Mr. De Costanzo began his career at The Union Bank of Switzerland.Mr. De Costanzo earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Providence College and a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Connecticut.

Karla Diaz, Associate Operations Officer, IFC Peru Karla began her career as a consultant for Ernst & Young Consulting and Deloitte working in the design, planning, and implementation of projects for different industries both in Peru and Brazil. She then joined the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism in Peru as Strategy Advisor in the National Bureau of Foreign Trade, where she worked in the development of the National Strategic Exports Plan. After her MBA she re-joined the ministry as Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Trade in Peru with special focus on competitiveness and export development. Karla joined IFC's Office for Advisory Services for Latin America and the Caribbean in April 2006 as Operations Analyst. She is currently an Operations Officer based in Lima, Peru and provides support to Royalty Management projects in Peru, leading the MIM Peru and PERU LNG ERI. Karla holds an MBA from HEC Paris.

Aidan Davy, Senior Program Director, International Council on Mining and Metals Aidan Davy is responsible for ICMM's Community and Socio-economic Development Program, including issues relating to Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples. He also leads ICMM’s work on sustainability reporting and independent assurance. Aidan has over 22 years of cross-sectoral experience on sustainable development issues, working with a range of private, multi-lateral and not-for-profit organizations. For the past 12 years, his primary focus has been on social responsibility and accountability issues relating to the extractive industries.

Amanda Diaz, Operations Analyst, IFC Colombia Amanda’s experience in the private sector includes the coordination of the Quality Management System for Wyeth Laboratories Inc. in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. She has also joined NGOs in Colombia and in The Netherlands, in projects related to analysis of information for local economic development. Before working for IFC, she was contractor for the Colombian Institute of Rural Development. Amanda joined IFC Advisory Services in Latin America and the Caribbean on November 2008 as Operations Analyst, based in Bogota. She is part of the teams implementing Strategic Community Investment projects in Colombia and Mexico. Amanda holds a MA in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) part of Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Hague, The Netherlands), and a BSc in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, Colombia).

Monika Weber-Fahr, Global Business Line Leader - Sustainable Business Advisory, IFC Ms. Weber – Fahr serves as the Global Business Line Leader for Sustainable Business Advisory Services in the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and manages its Sustainable Business Advisory Department. In these roles, Monika determines strategy for IFC’s portfolio of concessional investments and advisory services operations that lead to the adoption of sustainable business practices specifically among firms in infrastructure, extractive industries, manufacturing, agribusiness, and services sectors. Projects and programs promote good corporate governance, build the capacity of small firms, advance women entrepreneurs, and encourage management and investment decisions that are sustainable and inclusive. Monika focuses in particular on IFC-wide quality assurance, knowledge management and cross-regional collaboration in these areas. Specific priorities are engaging the private sector in the climate change agenda, leveraging global supply chains to promote growth and employment, and building market solutions for sustainable food and agriculture. Over the past 15 years, Ms. Weber-Fahr has worked in strategy development, innovation and organizational change in IFC, the World Bank and with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), often with a focus on energy-related topics. She holds an MSc in Economics and a PhD in Business Economics.

Isabelle Gagnon, Manager, Deloitte & Touche Isabelle is a Manager in Deloitte’s Sustainability and Climate Change group in Montreal. She has over six years of experience working with private and public sectors companies notably in the financial services, energy and resource sectors. Her areas of expertise include risk management, stakeholder engagement, sustainability strategy and internal audit. Isabelle helps organizations create opportunities by proactively managing environmental and social risks as well as developing strategies that deliver both shareholder and stakeholder value. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a specialization in Finance from McGill University and a Masters degree in Social Development from the International Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University) in the Netherlands. As a volunteer, she has participated in social development projects in India and Mexico.

Mónica Gaillard, Public Affairs, PAE Doctor Degree in Labour Sociology, Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (Argentina). Five-year University Degree in Communication and Public Relations, Universidad Argentina de Empresa (Argentina). Working experience in the last ten years in Public Affairs focused mainly on the design and implementation of programmes in the areas of CSR and Community Relations. Since early 2003, has been leading Pan American Energy Social Responsibility Programmes in Golfo San Jorge, its principal operating location.

Patrick Grover, Director of Environment, Alcoa Patrick Grover graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in Chemistry. After serving 10 years in Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality, Mr. Grover joined Alcoa in 1992. Mr. Grover’s current role is Director of Environment for Alcoa’s Global Primary Products Growth, Energy, Bauxite, and Africa business unit. Mr. Grover leads all aspects of sustainability related to global bauxite mining, refining, and smelting projects (green field and brown field) including environmental, health, safety management systems, community development initiatives, resettlement, and government relations.

Katherine Heller, Social Development Specialist, World Bank Katherine (Katie) Heller is a Social Development Specialist in the Oil, Gas, and Mining team of the World Bank, where she advises on the social and gender dimensions of the extractive industries (EI), particularly in terms of community and gender impacts. As a member of the SEGOM team, Katie is one of the authors of the Bank's first major publication on the gender and EI (Mining for Equity: Gender Dimensions of the Extractive Industries), as well as the Bank's first guidelines and indicators for mainstreaming gender in EI (Mainstreaming Gender into Extractive Industry Projects: Guidance Note for Task Team Leaders). In addition to supporting mainstreaming of gender and community issues in a number of SEGOM projects, Katie also works on civil society engagement in EITI, as well as analytical work on gender and ASM (Artisinal and Small-Scale Mining) and, and gender in the oil and gas sectors. Prior to her current role, as a consultant to the Bank, UN, and private sector companies, Katie also advised on social and community impacts of natural gas in countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, and designed and led gender and community engagement and participation programs in a number of sectors in Vietnam, Madagascar, Sudan, India, Burkina Faso, and Mali; and is a contributing author to a toolkit of community engagement strategies for EI companies.

Witold J. Henisz, Professor, University of Pennsylvania Mr. Henisz is the Deloitte & Touche Associate Professor of Management in Honor of Russell E. Palmer, former Managing Director at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and his M.A. from Johns Hopkins University’s School for Advanced International Studies. His research examines the impact of political hazards on international investment strategy including efforts by multinational corporations to engage in corporate diplomacy to win the hearts and minds of external stakeholders. His research has been published in journals in international business, management, international studies, and sociology. Witold has served as a consultant for the World Bank, The Inter-American Development Bank, The Conference Board, Eurasia Group, Shell Corporation and the Department of Homeland Security. He previously worked for The International Monetary Fund. He is a principal in the risk management consultancy The Probity Group LLC.

Chris Jochnick, Director - Private Sector Department, Oxfam America Mr. Jochnick is the co-founder and former director of the Center for Economic and Social Rights and its spinoff organization Centro de Derechos Economicos y Sociales. He has worked more than 18 years on issues of human rights and corporate accountability, including seven years in Latin America supporting grassroots campaigns around extractive industries, sovereign debt and trade agreements. Prior to joining Oxfam, Mr. Jochnick worked as a corporate attorney with the Wall Street law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, where he advised companies on environmental and social responsibilities. Mr. Jochnick is a graduate of Harvard Law School, as well as a former Echoing Green and MacArthur Fellow.

Veronica Nyhan-Jones, Social Development Specialist, IFC Veronica Nyhan-Jones is a Social Development Specialist with IFC Sustainable Business Advisory – Strategic Community Investment. She advises private extractive clients operating in Africa, Asia and Latin America on how to value the return on their sustainability investments, implement participatory planning and monitoring processes, and improve the local development impacts around their projects. She has worked for the World Bank Institute building capacity for community driven development in Africa and promoting social cohesion in Eastern Europe. Prior to joining the World Bank, she worked for the International Youth Foundation, the US Department for Health & Human Services and the White House on crime prevention and health care reform. She has co-authored multiple articles on measuring social capital using quantitative and qualitative methods. Ms. Nyhan-Jones has a Masters Degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

Alan Johnson, Global Product Leader, Sustainable Business Advisory, IFC Alan Johnson is the Global Product Leader for Farmer and SME Training in the Sustainable Business Advisory Department of IFC. Alan previously worked for IFC’s Investment Climate Business Line. Alan has over 20 years of experience in private sector development with extensive field experience in South East Asia and Africa. Alan was previously a Senior Private Sector Development Advisor in the UK Department for International Development (DFID) where he led DFID’s global programme, “Making Markets work for the Poor”. He is the main author of DFID’s 1999 Private Sector Strategy, “Prosperity for All: Making Markets Work”. Alan was previously the head of DFID’s Vietnam country office. In addition to DFID, Alan has work experience with the Asian Development Bank, UNDP, the Agriculture Bank of PNG (as an Overseas Development Institute fellow) and private sector consulting.

Maria Figueroa Küpçü, Director, Brunswick Group Maria Figueroa Küpçü is a Director at Brunswick Group, an international corporate communications firm. Based in New York, Maria serves as a senior advisor to multinational corporations and global NGOs on matters of corporate reputation, stakeholder engagement. Since joining in 2007, she has helped establish Brunswick's corporate responsibility and sustainability practice working to advance the program and advocacy goals of clients, including: PepsiCo, IKEA, Chevron, Cisco, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Viacom, The Global Fund, WWF and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Previously, Maria was Director of International Political and Corporate Campaigns at Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, where she led strategic opinion research to inform a number of presidential campaigns in countries around the world, including: Ukraine, South Korea, Bermuda, Zimbabwe, and the Former Republic of Yugoslavia. Maria began her career as a policy analyst at the United Nations Development Programme focused on poverty alleviation and civil society engagement. She is a graduate of Tufts University and the Harvard Kennedy School.

Juan Gonzalo Flores, Regional Business Line Leader, Latin America & the Caribbean, IFC With more than 30 years of working experience, mostly for international organizations, Juan Gonzalo is a specialist in private sector development. Before joining the IFC, Juan Gonzalo worked for 13 years at the Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) headquarters in Venezuela, as well as in its Representative Offices in Ecuador and Bolivia. As a Principal Investment Officer, he developed CAF’s corporate and financial institutions portfolio for the Andean Countries. He also worked for over 5 years with the Bolivian Civil Service, where he was the Director of External Financing for the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Planning. Juan Gonzalo started his professional career in the largest Bolivian commercial bank, holding several positions during his 7 year stay.He joined the IFC LAC Office for Advisory Services in May 2004 as the Country Manager for Bolivia and in September 2006, he was appointed the Head of Office for Nicaragua. Since July 2008, Juan Gonzalo is based in Lima, Peru and is currently the Regional Business Line Leader for the Sustainable Business Advice for Latin America and the Caribbean. Juan Gonzalo is an Economist who holds a Masters Degree in International Finance from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He also holds a degree in Trade and Commercial Policy from the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

Eusoph Kanyenda, Insurance Officer, IFC Mr. Kanyenda holds over 20 years experience in Risk Management and insurance. He worked for the leading global insurance and risk consulting companies including Marsh, Aon, Willis focusing on insurance broking in various sectors. Before joining IFC, worked for Debswana, De Beers Group as the Group Insurance and Risk Manager and helped in implementing enterprise wide risk management for the world's largest diamond producers and processor. A graduate of Luton University and Chartered Insurance Practitioner. A Fellow of the Insurance Institute of UK and SA, the highest international insurance qualification and member of the Institute of Risk Management of London. Frequent speaker in conferences and forums on various topics on risk management.

Rachel Kyte, Vice President, Business Advisory Services, IFC Rachel Kyte is IFC’s Vice President for Business Advisory Services and a member of its Management Team. Ms. Kyte has been Vice President since 2008. She has recently focused IFC’s Advisory Services to deliver more measurable impact for the world’s poorest people and in the most challenging environments, including countries affected by conflict. She is leading IFC’s efforts to support inclusive business models, including women's businesses. She also spearheaded adoption of the IFC Development Goals, the first set of development goals specific to the private sector.From 2004, Ms. Kyte served as IFC’s Director for Environmental and Social Development, where she led efforts to develop new sustainability performance standards. Through the Equator Principles, these standards are now a global benchmark, demonstrating IFC’s leadership in sustainable business and illustrating that improved environment and social standards can raise financial performance in emerging markets. Ms Kyte joined IFC in 2000 in the office of IFC’s Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman. Prior to joining IFC, she was a member of the management team of the World Conservation Union—IUCN. She has held elected positions in Europe, and founded and led non-government organizations focusing on women, the environment, health, and rights. Ms. Kyte holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a Bachelor of Arts in politics and history from the University of London.

Morten Larsen, Mining Specialist, World Bank Morten Larsen is a Mining Specialist in the World Bank’s Oil, Gas and Mining Division. Morten is leading the Bank’s technical assistance support to the mining sector in Mauritania and Lao PDR and has previously been engaged in a number of other West African countries as well as the Mekong region. The assistance ranges from legal and institutional strengthening to local economic development and community participation in the mining sector. Morten is an economist by training with special emphasis on institutional strengthening, regulatory reform and capacity building.

Ricardo Labó, Executive Manager, Communications and External Relations, Rio Tinto, Peru Ricardo has been involved in the extractive industries’ area his entire career at positions both in the public and private sectors. Before joining Rio Tinto he worked as a researcher, journalist, analyst, and consultant at several companies, and as senior government official in Peru. Ricardo joined Rio Tinto in early 2006. He has been responsible for creating, implementing and managing the C&ER area for the La Granja project in Peru. His current responsibilities include: government and corporate relations, external and internal communications, and media relations. Ricardo has been educated in Peru, the US, the UK, and Switzerland, holding a BA in Economics (Universidad del Pacifico, Peru), a MSc in Mineral Economics (Colorado School of Mines, USA), a LLM in Mineral Law and Policy (Distinction, CEPMLP, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK), and management studies at IMD (Switzerland).

Etienne Lamy, Principal Advisor, Communities and Social Performance, Rio Tinto Etienne Lamy has more than 25 years of experience at senior level in global corporation and international development organizations. In his role as Principal Adviser, he provides assurance (audit and internal control), technical assistance services to Rio Tinto Business Development projects and Rio Tinto’s operations world wide and supports systems development (policies, standards, guidance, etc) in the area of community relations, stakeholder engagement, regional and economic development. Prior to joining Rio Tinto, Mr. Lamy worked in international development, mainly in the NGO sector, in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe (Balkans) and the Caribbean. Mr. Lamy holds a B.A. and a Master degree in Economics from the University of Montreal, Canada.

Ferndo Lolo, Portfolio Manager, infoDev, World Bank Fernando is Portfolio Manager co-managing infoDev's Access to Markets and Finance program (A2MF) at the World Bank Group. He has 15+ years of experience in Investment and Portfolio Management, Private Equity/Venture Capital Funds transaction cycles, Financial Engineering, Quantitative Finance, and Fund Management. He has held different positions at the World Bank Group during the past 9+ years, and, before that, in the corporate sector in Argentina. He holds masters and post-master degrees from Harvard, Columbia, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Universidad de Buenos Aires, and Johns Hopkins Universities. He also holds investment and financial professional licenses from CAIAA and CPCECABA Associations. He has been exposed to US, European, and Emerging Markets (LATAM), totaling USD 2+ Billion investment transactions and in AUM (Assets-Under-Management).

Andrew Loosley, Leader of Corporate Social Responsibility team, Statoil Canada Ltd Andrew has more than twenty years of business development experience in Canada and abroad in both the public and private sectors. He has held responsibility for the provision of strategic advice and consultation to senior levels of government, aboriginal leaderships and industry leaders on complex resource development, investment and community engagement issues.

Jelena Lukic, Consultant, IFC Jelena Lukic is a Consultant for IFC Strategic Community Investment devoted to ensuring the distribution of local benefits and community engagement linked to the investments IFC makes around the world, in sectors ranging from infrastructure to agriculture. She is mainly focusing on developing tools to measure the return on sustainability investments. Prior to working with IFC, Ms. Lukic designed and managed public policy and youth programs with non-governmental organizations in Iraq and the Balkans. While in her native Serbia, Ms. Lukic served as an advisor to the Clerk of the National Assembly and worked with Booz Allen Hamilton. Ms. Lukic received an MALD in international business and international negotiations from the Fletcher School, Tufts University.

Petter Matthews, Executive Director, Engineers Against Poverty Petter Mathews is a senior international development specialist with over twenty year’s experience. He joined Engineers Against Poverty as Executive Director in 2002 and led the development of its current programme that focuses on the extractive industries and public sector infrastructure. He has advised leading International Oil Companies, industry associations and regulatory authorities on policy and strategy related to optimizing local content. His experience includes assignments in the upstream oil and gas industry in Indonesia, East Timor and the Philippines. He has worked for a number of NGO’s and community based organisations in many parts of Africa and Asia. He is currently on the International Secretariat of the Construction Sector Transparency (CoST) Initiative and is a member of the Advisory Board of the International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace.

Sofie F. Michaelsen, Senior Social Development Specialist, IFC Sofie F. Michaelsen is a Senior Social Development Specialist supporting the IFC Global Infrastructure and Natural Resources department Currently, she is mainly focused on extractive industry projects in Latin America. She has been closely involved in the recent review of the IFC Performance Standards specifically focusing on PS2. Prior to joining IFC she has been working with several of the European Development Financial Institutions providing support for social risk assessment and development of social management systems.

Thibaut Millet, Leader of Climate Change and Sustainability Advisory, Ernst & Young Thibaut Millet is the leader of Ernst & Young’s Climate Change and Sustainability advisory services group based in Montréal, Canada. He has more than twelve years of experience in management consulting. He has participated in a number of consulting engagements in the field of Sustainability Strategy; Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) management, Environment, Health and Safety strategies; and Economic and Community Development. As a sustainability and climate change strategist, he has been working with leaders from various industries such as: energy and resources, manufacturing, consumer business, financial institutions as well as in the public sector. In particular, he was the project manager responsible for the development of the Sustainability Planning and Financial Valuation tool for over 3 years (from its inception in 2008 until March 2011), co-developed with International Finance Corporation and Rio Tinto Alcan.

Thando Njoko, Community Affairs Manager, Thando Njoko is a Community Affairs Manager at AngloGold Ashanti in Johannesburg. She joined AngloGold in February 2008 in this capacity. Previously Thando worked at PwC as a Manager in the Advisory division, focusing on nonand engagement strategies. In her current role, Thando is mainly responsible for governance and oversight of community and social development issues fordevelopment of community and social developmcommunity focused management standards, guidance and procedures; development of companywide targets and objectives; community review programme at the various Anglo Gold Ashanti sites, and capital reviews. Amongcompany’s sustainability performance and contribution is one of the key development issues that contribute to successful partnerships and relationships and is key to AngloGold’s value of leaving communities better off than they were.

Carmen Niethammer is an Operations Officer responsible for Strategy and Knowledge in IFC's Women and Business Program, which is charged with creating opportunities for women entrepreneurs in the developing world. Carmen coSustainability Reporting' She served as member on the Global Reporting Initiative's Gender Working Group that made recommendations for updates to GRI's G3 Sustainability Reporting Framework. Previously, Carmen was the gender program manager iMENA facility. She managed the publication of "Women's Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Characteristics, Contributions & ChallengesJohns Hopkins University School of Advanced

Gosia NowakowskaGosia joined IFC's SME Advisory Services Dept. in 2002 and has worked primarily with oil, gas and mining sector clients to design, launch and monitor, local supplier developprojects globally (including extended assignments in India, South Africa and Guinea) which has culminated in the development by IFC of a good practice handbook for companies interested in increasing local procurement.Program in Chad. She holds an MBA along with a Master of Arts degree in International Affairs from George Washington University and a BA from Boston University. Prior to joining IFC she worked for Scor Reassurance in Paris, France on business development in north and eastern Europe, and TCH Holding (Software design company) in Warsaw, Poland to launch an SME management software package.

Aaron Padilla, Senior Advisor, At Chevron, Dr. Aaron Padilla leads the enterprisecomponent of the Environmental, Social & Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA) requirement for 50+ active major capital projects. He of the company's new Human Rights Policy, including the development of mechanisms within the company's management system. Aaron has worked on the ground in nine countries for Chevron providing technical support and building capacity on social performance, including three months in China in 2011 leading resettlement livelihood restoration for a natural gas project venture with PetroChina.

, Community Affairs Manager, AngloGold Ashanti Thando Njoko is a Community Affairs Manager at AngloGold Ashanti in Johannesburg. She joined AngloGold in February 2008 in this capacity. Previously Thando worked at PwC as a Manager in the Advisory division, focusing on non-financial reporting and assuranand engagement strategies. In her current role, Thando is mainly responsible for governance and oversight of community and social development issues for AngloGold Ashanti. This includes development of community and social development policy and custodianship; development of community focused management standards, guidance and procedures; development of companywide targets and objectives; community review programme at the various Anglo Gold Ashanti sites, and capital reviews. Among Thando’s passions are supporting the efforts to strengthen the company’s sustainability performance and outcomes. Thando believes thatcontribution is one of the key development issues that contribute to successful partnerships and

ships and is key to AngloGold’s value of leaving communities better off than they were.

Carmen Niethammer is an Operations Officer responsible for Strategy and Knowledge in IFC's Women and Business Program, which is charged with creating opportunities for women entrepreneurs in the developing world. Carmen co-authored a Practitioner's Guide oSustainability Reporting' She served as member on the Global Reporting Initiative's Gender Working Group that made recommendations for updates to GRI's G3 Sustainability Reporting Framework. Previously, Carmen was the gender program manager in IFC's Cairo

he managed the publication of "Women's Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Characteristics, Contributions & Challenges. Carmen is a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

Gosia Nowakowska-Miller, Operations Officer, IFC Gosia joined IFC's SME Advisory Services Dept. in 2002 and has worked primarily with oil, gas and mining sector clients to design, launch and monitor, local supplier developprojects globally (including extended assignments in India, South Africa and Guinea) which has

development by IFC of a good practice handbook for companies interested in increasing local procurement. Gosia currently is the program manager for the Village Phone Program in Chad. She holds an MBA along with a Master of Arts degree in International Affairs from George Washington University and a BA from Boston University. Prior to joining IFC she

for Scor Reassurance in Paris, France on business development in north and eastern Europe, and TCH Holding (Software design company) in Warsaw, Poland to launch an SME management software package.

Aaron Padilla, Senior Advisor, Senior Advisor, Policy Government&Public Affairs,At Chevron, Dr. Aaron Padilla leads the enterprise-wide global implementation of the social component of the Environmental, Social & Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA) requirement for 50+ active major capital projects. He is also leading the implementation of the Community element of the company's new Human Rights Policy, including the development of mechanisms within the company's management system. Aaron has worked on the ground in nine countries for Chevron

hnical support and building capacity on social performance, including three months in China in 2011 leading resettlement livelihood restoration for a natural gas project venture with

Thando Njoko is a Community Affairs Manager at AngloGold Ashanti in Johannesburg. She joined AngloGold in February 2008 in this capacity. Previously Thando worked at PwC as a Manager in

financial reporting and assurance, corporate governance and engagement strategies. In her current role, Thando is mainly responsible for governance and

AngloGold Ashanti. This includes ent policy and custodianship; development of

community focused management standards, guidance and procedures; development of company-wide targets and objectives; community review programme at the various Anglo Gold Ashanti

Thando’s passions are supporting the efforts to strengthen the outcomes. Thando believes that local economic

contribution is one of the key development issues that contribute to successful partnerships and ships and is key to AngloGold’s value of leaving communities better off than they were.

Carmen Niethammer is an Operations Officer responsible for Strategy and Knowledge in IFC's Women and Business Program, which is charged with creating opportunities for women

authored a Practitioner's Guide on 'Gender and Sustainability Reporting' She served as member on the Global Reporting Initiative's Gender Working Group that made recommendations for updates to GRI's G3 Sustainability Reporting

n IFC's Cairo-based PEP-he managed the publication of "Women's Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and

Carmen is a graduate of The International Studies (SAIS).

Gosia joined IFC's SME Advisory Services Dept. in 2002 and has worked primarily with oil, gas and mining sector clients to design, launch and monitor, local supplier development ("linkage") projects globally (including extended assignments in India, South Africa and Guinea) which has

development by IFC of a good practice handbook for companies interested in Gosia currently is the program manager for the Village Phone

Program in Chad. She holds an MBA along with a Master of Arts degree in International Affairs from George Washington University and a BA from Boston University. Prior to joining IFC she

for Scor Reassurance in Paris, France on business development in north and eastern Europe, and TCH Holding (Software design company) in Warsaw, Poland to launch an SME

overnment&Public Affairs, Chevron wide global implementation of the social

component of the Environmental, Social & Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA) requirement for is also leading the implementation of the Community element

of the company's new Human Rights Policy, including the development of mechanisms within the company's management system. Aaron has worked on the ground in nine countries for Chevron

hnical support and building capacity on social performance, including three months in China in 2011 leading resettlement livelihood restoration for a natural gas project venture with

Harry Pastuszek, Sustainable Development Manager, Bechtel As Sustainable Development Manager for Bechtel Mining and Metals, Harry Pastuszek coordinates across the Procurement, Contracts, Workforce Services, and Construction departments to deliver sustainability benefits to Bechtel customers during the constructiPrior to moving to Bechtel in 2006, Harry spent 7 years in IFC’s Environment and Social Development Department. He served as a Project Officer for the Corporate Citizenship Facility (CCF), one of the first donorfurther community and local economic development. He worked to develop local content initiatives with extractive industry clients in Guatemala and IndiHarry holds a B.A. in Economics from WakeUniversity School of Law. He’s currently based in Brisbane, Australia.

Channa Pelpola, Manager Channa Pelpola joined Nyota Minerals Limited in Community Affairs, bringing over 16 years of environmental assessment experience to the company. His experience includes conducting technical and environmental assessments, project managing large scale multitechnical expertise, regulatory negotiation, indigenous peoples consultation, and advancing innovative environmental solutions. Channa recently received the designation of Professional Geoscientist (British Columbia) and enjoys travelling, mountain biking, and spending time with his god children.

Steve Rochlin, Director, AccountAbilitySteve Rochlin is a Director and AccountAbility's US Representative. Steve is currently leading AccountAbility’s initiatives on the alignment of corporate responsibility with core business strategy; innovative models of collaborative governance; scaling the ability of voluntary standards systems to impact sustainable development. Steve is partnering with the IFSustainability Strategies Citizenship at Boston College. He has coMarkets and Beyond Good Company: Next GeneratAccountAbility, Steve worked extensively in the areas of technologyfor the National Academy of Sciences and the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. and Theleven years as Director of Research. Steve obtained his Masters degree in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and his A.B. from Brown University.

Federico Rossi Beguy, Corporate Finance, PAEWorks in the Corporate Finanace Department at Pan American Energy since 2009. He has a Master degree in Finance from Universidad del CEMA (Buenos AiresAdministration from been working in Valuation, Planning, Risk Management and

Harry Pastuszek, Sustainable Development Manager, Bechtel As Sustainable Development Manager for Bechtel Mining and Metals, Harry Pastuszek coordinates across the Procurement, Contracts, Workforce Services, and Construction departments to deliver sustainability benefits to Bechtel customers during the constructiPrior to moving to Bechtel in 2006, Harry spent 7 years in IFC’s Environment and Social Development Department. He served as a Project Officer for the Corporate Citizenship Facility (CCF), one of the first donor-funded facilities dedicated to working with private companies to further community and local economic development. He worked to develop local content initiatives with extractive industry clients in Guatemala and India as part of his work with CCF.Harry holds a B.A. in Economics from Wake Forest University and a J.D. from the George Mason University School of Law. He’s currently based in Brisbane, Australia.

Channa Pelpola, Manager - Environment and Community Affairs, Nyota Minerals Channa Pelpola joined Nyota Minerals Limited in July 2010, as the Manager of Environment and Community Affairs, bringing over 16 years of environmental assessment experience to the company. His experience includes conducting technical and environmental assessments, project managing large scale multi-disciplinary projects, guiding projects requiring water resources technical expertise, regulatory negotiation, indigenous peoples consultation, and advancing innovative environmental solutions. Channa recently received the designation of Professional

entist (British Columbia) and enjoys travelling, mountain biking, and spending time with his

Steve Rochlin, Director, AccountAbility Steve Rochlin is a Director and AccountAbility's US Representative. Steve is currently leading

ity’s initiatives on the alignment of corporate responsibility with core business strategy; innovative models of collaborative governance; scaling the ability of voluntary standards systems to impact sustainable development. Steve is partnering with the IFSustainability Strategies product. Steve is a Senior Research Fellow for The Centre for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College. He has co-authored Untapped: Creating Value in Underserved Markets and Beyond Good Company: Next Generation Corporate CitizenshipAccountAbility, Steve worked extensively in the areas of technology-based economic development for the National Academy of Sciences and the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. and The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College where he spent eleven years as Director of Research. Steve obtained his Masters degree in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and his A.B. from Brown University.

Federico Rossi Beguy, Corporate Finance, PAE orks in the Corporate Finanace Department at Pan American Energy since 2009. He has a

Master degree in Finance from Universidad del CEMA (Buenos Aires) and a degree in Business Universidad Católica Argentina (Buenos Aires). During the last years he has

been working in Valuation, Planning, Risk Management and Corporate Finance.

As Sustainable Development Manager for Bechtel Mining and Metals, Harry Pastuszek coordinates across the Procurement, Contracts, Workforce Services, and Construction departments to deliver sustainability benefits to Bechtel customers during the construction phase. Prior to moving to Bechtel in 2006, Harry spent 7 years in IFC’s Environment and Social Development Department. He served as a Project Officer for the Corporate Citizenship Facility

rking with private companies to further community and local economic development. He worked to develop local content initiatives

a as part of his work with CCF. Forest University and a J.D. from the George Mason

Environment and Community Affairs, Nyota Minerals July 2010, as the Manager of Environment and

Community Affairs, bringing over 16 years of environmental assessment experience to the company. His experience includes conducting technical and environmental assessments, project

sciplinary projects, guiding projects requiring water resources technical expertise, regulatory negotiation, indigenous peoples consultation, and advancing innovative environmental solutions. Channa recently received the designation of Professional

entist (British Columbia) and enjoys travelling, mountain biking, and spending time with his

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innovative models of collaborative governance; scaling the ability of voluntary standards systems to impact sustainable development. Steve is partnering with the IFC on the design of its

product. Steve is a Senior Research Fellow for The Centre for Corporate Untapped: Creating Value in Underserved ion Corporate Citizenship.Prior to joining

based economic development for the National Academy of Sciences and the Center for Strategic and International Studies in

e Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College where he spent eleven years as Director of Research. Steve obtained his Masters degree in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and his A.B. from Brown University.

orks in the Corporate Finanace Department at Pan American Energy since 2009. He has a ) and a degree in Business

Universidad Católica Argentina (Buenos Aires). During the last years he has Corporate Finance.

Bruce Rasmussen, Pre-Operations Readiness Manager, Guinea Alumina Corporation Mr. Rasmussen has extensive experience in the minerals processing industry spanning more than 25 years. With an outstanding track record of operations commissioning, operations leadership, operations readiness planning, control room management, operations teams recruiting, training, mentoring, coaching and developing operations teams to perform to high standards. Mr. Rasmussen is a Operations Readiness Manager with Guinea Alumina Corporation with key

areas of responsibility being in country SME and local procurement development, and the capacity

building of local Guinean people and Guinea Institution’s. He previously successfully managed

operations readiness and commissioning of Rio Tinto Yarwun Alumina Refinery Australia .

Developed the complete operations readiness plan to support the establishment of the operations

organization for the Guinea Alumina Corporation project ( capex ~ USD 5.0 billion). He is

recognized as the industry leader in the development and implementation of Operator Training

Simulator Technology.

Fernando Ruiz-Mier, Senior Program Officer, IFC Peru Fernando has experience in consulting, the public sector, and academia. Before joining the IFC LAC facility, he was a partner at Ruiz Mier Consulting & Research in Bolivia where he did consulting and market research work in the areas of decentralization, public services, micro finance and poverty. He had previously headed the consultancy practice at KPMG in Bolivia, as partner-in-charge. He has done research and consulting work for institutions such as the World Bank, the IADB, CAF, CEPAL, UNDP, Harvard University, and Debt Relief International. He also held the position of Manager in Charge of Reviewing Operations at the Andean Development Corporation. His public sector experience includes serving as Vice-Minister of Social Policy and Investment in the Ministry of Human Development, as Vice-Minister of Public Investment and External Financing in the Ministry of Planning and as Vice-Minister for Monetary Policy in the Ministry of Finance, all in Bolivia. He taught economics at Purdue, Texas Tech and the University of North Carolina. He joined the IFC LAC Facility as Senior Operations Officer in 2006 and is responsible for the portfolio in Peru, including the Mining Royalties Management and Mining Royalties Monitoring projects, as well as the BPZ project. Fernando has been working on municipal capacity building and social accountability projects in IFC for the last 5 years. He has lead the development of the approach and methodology IFC applies in Revenue Management projects. Fernando holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Purdue University.

Julio Rojas, Community Affairs and Social Manager, Peru LNG project, Peru. Julio Rojas manages Community Affairs and Social Matters in the PERU LNG Project. He is a seasoned professional with large experience in social and negotiations management including the design, analysis and implementation of Compensation and Social Investment Programs, Stakeholder Engagement Plans, Management of Grievances Procedures for oil and gas industries projects in compliance with the Peruvian as well as international standards and regulations. In his position, he is responsible for social issues and for negotiations with stakeholders, local, regional and social agencies and social licenses. During the last five years, he has been responsible for the Land & Easment Acquisition Process in PERU LNG Project, a 3.8 billion dollar project, which is the largest private investment in the history of Peru. Mr. Rojas holds a Bachelor of Law from the Catholic University at Lima, Peru.

KC Stewart, Local Content Supply Chain Advisor, Chevron KC Stewart is the Local Content Supply Chain Advisor for Chevron Corporation. In this role, she leverages nine years of heavy industry experience, a supply chain background, and international business knowledge to lead the company in the development and implementation of Chevron’s Local Content Supply Chain strategy. Prior to her current position, KC held the role of Global Category Manager and Team Lead in Chevron’s Environmental Management Company. Before joining Chevron, KC managed the alternative fuel supply chain for Waste Management, Inc. and worked closely with Regulatory Affairs and Operations to develop a procurement strategy for compliance with the California Air Resource Board’s fleet emissions regulations. She also contributed to Waste Management’s sustainability strategy representing the Procurement function. KC holds a Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management from Arizona State University and will be completing her MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management this summer. Vera Songwe, Lead Economist, World Bank Dr. Vera Songwe is a Lead Economist at the World Bank. She is currently the Advisor to the Managing Director Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Dr. Songwe is core member of the World Bank Group team that worked in 2008 to help countries deal with the food price crisis by setting up the Global Food Price Crisis Response Program an new instrument which provided timely short term resources to over 30 countries in need. Today she also coordinates the G-20 long term agriculture fund. Prior to her current job she worked on East Asia for over seven years. Prior to joining the Bank, Dr. Songwe was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Southern California and at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, USA. Ms. Songwe holds a PhD. in Mathematical Economics from Center for Operations Research & Econometrics from the Catholic University of Louvain (CORE-UCL) in Belgium. She graduated from the University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor with a BA in Economics and a BA in Political Science. Julio Dávila Silva, Member of the Municipal Council of Cajamarca, Peru Julio Davila is from Cajamarca, a poor rural region with high presence of mining activity in Peru. Mr. Davila has a degree in agricultural studies from the Cajamarca Public Technological Institute. After working 10 years as a civil servant for the National Basins Management and Soil Conservation Program (Pronamachcs in Spanish), he was elected the Mayor of Los Baños del Inca (a district in Cajamarca). He was the Mayor during two political cycles: a) from 1999 to 2002 before royalties’ transfers started to increase; b) from 2007 to 2010 after IFC’s pilot project was completed. Since 2011, Mr. Davila has started a new political mandate, which will be completed in 2014, as member of the Municipal Council of Provincial Municipality of Cajamarca.

Mikael Sundberg, Head, Risk Analytics, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Mr. Sundberg has a wide background in corporate financial management, investment management, and risk management. Currently he holds the position of Head of Risk Analytics and ALM Policy at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). To help safeguard the long-term financial sustainability of the Agency, the team’s areas of responsibility include pricing, capital adequacy, investment policy and strategic asset allocation, with the World Bank’s Treasury as the main asset manager. Before joining MIGA, Mr. Sundberg held a Financial Officer position with the finance department of the International Development Association (IDA), the concessional lending arm of the World Bank. Prior to coming to the World Bank, Mr. Sundberg held positions including Division Controller at NCC AB, a leading Scandinavian construction and engineering group. He holds an MBA degree in Finance from the University of Maryland, a B.S. in Business and Economics from Uppsala University, and a Civil Engineering degree from Mid Sweden University.

Dafna Tapiero, Lead, Strategic Community Investment, Sustainable Business Advisory, IFC Ms. Tapiero brings nearly 20 years of experience working with the private and public sectors to develop sustainable solutions to support economic development. At IFC, Tapiero leads the organization’s Strategic Community Investment efforts to ensure the distribution of local benefits and community engagement linked to the investments IFC makes around the world, in sectors ranging from infrastructure to agriculture. In January 2006, Tapiero founded IFC CommDev, the Oil, Gas and Mining Sustainable Community Development Fund, a $14 million fund, that has become the leader and "go-to" resource for technical knowledge, support and funding to improve the impact of community development programs around oil, gas and mining projects. Previously at the World Bank, she founded and ran the Financial Sector Reform and Strengthening (FIRST) Initiative, a US$60 million global fund established to provide direct support to countries in reforming and developing their financial systems. Ms. Tapiero began her experience at IFC in 1995, managing IFC’s $40 million Russian Land Privatization project. She has also served as the Knowledge and Partnership Manager in the Financial Sector Vice Presidency of the World Bank. Ms. Tapiero received her M.A. in International Economics and International Relations from Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Linda Wedderburn, Supply Chain Adviser, Anglo American Since July 2007 Linda has incubated and built the Supply Chain Sustainable Development (SCSD) unit at Anglo American. This included developing, socialising and rolling out Anglo American’s policy on Sustainable Development in the Supply Chain. In 2010 Linda designed and enabled the organisation wide Local Procurement Policy. Linda joined Anglo American in 2001 as a Chief Information Officer in the base metals division and moved to group procurement in an IT role in 2003. Prior to this she was employed in various roles at Gold Fields. Linda ran her own small management consulting business for 2 years between employment at Gold Fields and Anglo American. Linda has a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics and a Master’s Degree, with distinction, in Science Education and a Diploma in Project Management.

Robin Weisman, Principal Investment Officer, IFC Ms. Weisman is a Principal Investment Officer for International Finance Corporation (IFC), where she leads the work to improve the competitiveness of its extractive industry clients through activities that maximize the benefits for their communities. The main focus of her work covers three areas: 1) design of supplier development programs; 2), creation of a revenue management systems; and 3) strategic community investment. Ms. Weisman recently led a team to develop a good practice handbook for companies interested in increasing local procurement. Prior to her work on local procurement, Ms. Weisman covered IFC’s financial investments with clients in a range of industries including extractives, general manufacturing and tourism, primarily in Africa, Russia and Latin America. Before joining IFC, Ms. Weisman worked for Citbank and Standard Chartered Bank. Ms. Weisman has a MBA from University of Chicago.

Duval Zambrano, Operations Officer, IFC Colombia Prior to joining the IFC, Duval worked as Business Services Center Manager for the Poverty Reduction Project/Alternative Development Project at Chemonics Inc. Previously he worked as the Andean Region Representative for the Conservation and Ecotourism Enterprise Department at Conservation International (CI). Duval also worked as a Project Manager at the Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) and as a consultant for ILO and CARE. He has extensive experience in cluster development, production chain and technical assistance schemes and has produced several publications on community business, tourism planning, and local economic development. Duval has been working for the IFC Advisory Services in Latin America and the Caribbean as Operations Officer since September 2004, is currently based in Bogotá, Colombia and is responsible for the portfolio in Colombia. Duval Zambrano holds an MBA from the Business School for Graduates (ESAN) in Lima, Peru, and a B.S. in civil engineering from the Catholic University in Lima.

Luc Zandvliet, Director, Triple R Alliance Inc Luc Zandvliet is the director of Triple R Alliance Inc, which supports companies that operate in frontier markets in their stakeholder engagement strategies. In this capacity, he has supported the external affairs departments of large oil and mining projects in places such as Tanzania, Pakistan, Ghana, Panama, Libya etc. Prior to that, Luc was the Director of the Corporate Engagement Project at the CDA Collaborative Learning Projects. Engagement Project documents best practices and develops practical management tools. Before heading the Corporate Engagement Project, Luc spent seven year in the humanitarian field, working with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Burundi, the DRC, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Eritrea and Uganda and with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Ethiopia. Together with Mary Anderson, Luc authored “Getting it Right: Making Corporate-Community Relations Work” (April 2009) for corporate executives and business schools documenting best practices with regard to company – community relations in contexts of social and political instability. The book is based on the lessons learned through the Corporate Engagement Project and on Luc’s experiences visiting over 25 company sites in 16 countries including Shell in Nigeria, BP in Colombia and Total in Myanmar/Burma, Nigeria, Sudan and Mauretania. Luc holds an MSc in Personnel Management from Tilburg University in the Netherlands and a MA in Humanitarian Assistance from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.