In this role, Faheen provides strategic leadership on how the firm works with multilateral financial institutions. Prior, she headed the J.P. Morgan Development Finance Institution, which aims to spur investment supporting economic development in emerging markets. Faheen is a seasoned manager and investment professional with a deep understanding of international financial institutions, emerging markets, climate finance and the development agenda. She has sector expertise in infrastructure, renewable energy, and private equity funds.
Prior to JP Morgan, she spent 18 years at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, where she was responsible for business development, transaction execution and portfolio management. In her role as Regional Manager, Faheen was based in Dakar and responsible for IFC’s investments, advisory operations and client relationships in Senegal, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Mauritania. Faheen started her career at Merrill Lynch in Investment Banking based in New York. Faheen has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Wellesley College. She is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, the Harvard Business School Advisory Council for Africa, and the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of Resilient Financial Systems.
