Jane Jamieson has more than 20 years of technical and managerial experience of delivering infrastructure projects and programmes in developing countries. This includes delivering Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), technical expertise in the water sector, and wide-ranging knowledge of international development policy and practice from living and working in Asia, South America, and Africa. She also manages the Quality Infrastructure Investment Partnership. Ms. Jamieson joined the World Bank Group in 2010 in IFC’s PPP Advisory Services, where she undertook PPP transactions and business development, primarily in the water sector in Africa. Prior to the World Bank Group, Ms. Jamieson worked at the UK Department for International Development (DFID, now FCDO), where she led DFID’s policy and programmes to support private sector participation in infrastructure and acted as Infrastructure Advisor to a range of DFID country programmes in Central Asia, China, and Guyana. Ms. Jamieson holds Master’s degrees in engineering from the University of Southampton, UK and Ecole Nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement de Strasbourg, France.

With 10 years of experience in the infrastructure sector, João joined the GIF in 2019 focusing on transport and energy across different regions including Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Prior to joining the GIF, João started his career at IFC’s investment business focusing on the real estate sector. In 2013, he joined IFC’s Corporate Transaction Advisory team in Brazil, supporting central and local governments to develop and structure their infrastructure projects in various sectors including transport (airports and roads), energy (distribution and public street lighting), and social infrastructure. 

Mukta has over 17 years of professional experience including 14 years in the infrastructure sector comprising origination, due diligence, structuring, and negotiation of infrastructure financing and PPP advisory across multiple sectors and regions. 

Prior to joining the World Bank Group, Mukta worked at ADB’s Office of Public-Private Partnership where she led the implementation of the Uzbekistan PPP program and closed the first water and wastewater PPP project in the country.  She also led PPP activities in Bangladesh, India, and Bhutan. 

Mukta was a Vice President with SBI Capital Markets Infrastructure Group, based in Mumbai, and advised public and private sector clients on project finance transactions as well as M&A and corporate finance transactions including debentures and equity.  Some of her key transactions included fund syndication of $4 Billion for 6MTPA Greenfield Integrated Steel Plant of Tata Steel Limited (PFI Industrial Deal of the Year); Bid Advisory to Tata Realty & Infrastructure Limited for 8 operational road projects being bid under TOT Model; and Advisory to JSW Energy Limited for the acquisition of two Hydro Projects with a total capacity of 1300 MW. 

Prior to SBI Caps, Mukta was a Treasury Relationship Manager and Derivative Dealer, with ICICI Bank in Mumbai. 

Mariana is an infrastructure and sustainable finance specialist. She started her career in the investment banking industry in Hong Kong before transitioning into the policy space. Over the last decade, working as an infrastructure finance expert for the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, she provided technical advisory services to governments in Asia, America and Europe on their infrastructure procurement processes in a manner that provides for economic growth, social justice and stewardship of the natural environment. Mariana has ample experience in the capitalization of infrastructure assets, with emphasis in project finance, investment due diligence and Public Private Partnerships (PPP’s)

Mariana has drafted extensive policy recommendations related to sustainable infrastructure. She was engaged by the Swiss Ministry of Finance to perform a Financial Policy assessment with the aim of galvanizing higher capital investment into sustainable infrastructure projects and also worked with the Bangladesh Central Bank as an expert consultant for the United Nations Inquiry for a Sustainable Financial System to identify a pipeline of investment worthy sustainable projects. She acted as a member for the G20 infrastructure taskforce and co-authored and presented a report at the Antalya G20 summit on ideas and solutions for the G20 members for closing their infrastructure deficits.

Mariana Silva holds a master’s degree (Hons) in International Banking and Finance from Hong Kong Lingnan University. She has pursued her studies and working experiences in different regions to gain an international perspective born in Mexico, she has since lived in Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and now the United States. She speaks fluent English, German, French and Spanish.

Charles-Antoyne Hurstel, a French national, is an infrastructure specialist. Before joining the GIF, he worked with the City Resilience Program at GFDRR, where he played a key role in mobilizing investments for urban resilience and helping cities secure essential funding. During his tenure at the World Bank, Charles-Antoyne has contributed to urban finance strategies and PPP structuring across Africa, supporting sustainable urban development and resilience financing initiatives. Prior to that, he practiced as a lawyer at CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats, specializing in project finance and PPPs, advising on major infrastructure and energy projects. In addition to his professional engagements, he is a lecturer at ESCP Business School, where he teaches Project Finance. He holds a Master of Policy Management from Georgetown University and an LL.M. in Business Law from Durham University.

Jade Wong is an infrastructure finance professional with a wide range of experience in the public and private sectors. She has direct hands-on experience in financial and project structuring as well as in assessing public policies for infrastructure projects. 

Before joining the GIF, Jade was with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Infrastructure group where she had closed investments totaling over $550 million. She has built expertise in originating new business, conducting due diligence, structuring project and financial instruments, managing portfolios, and executing successful exits. She was a key member of the pioneering team to structure convertible loans and syndicate equity investors for the Asia Infrastructure program. Prior to IFC, she was an investment analyst at a global macro hedge fund with $1.7 billion of assets under management where she was responsible for investment strategies in the global commodities and energy sectors. 

Jade is bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese. She holds an Executive Master’s in Finance from INSEAD and obtained her Bachelor’s degrees in Accountancy and Finance from the Nanyang Technological University.

Yohei started his professional career in MUFG Bank in Japan in the corporate sales, syndicated loan and structured finance department. Thereafter, he moved to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and was responsible for both sovereign and private finance operations in developing countries. Until October 2023, Yohei worked in the JICA Indonesia Office where he handled PPP transaction advisory and electricity sector support. He was also a working group member of JETP in Indonesia. In his role at the GIF and as member of the GIF’s Asia team, Yohei will be responsible for the GIF’s business development and portfolio management in Asia in collaboration with the GIF’s technical partners, work with the Asian members of the GIF’s private sector advisory council, contribute to the GIF’s strategic initiatives and collaborate with the WBG and IPG colleagues on PPPs in infrastructure and private capital mobilization in Asia.

Yohei holds a Bachelor of Literature from the Sophia University in Tokyo.

A Ukrainian national, has been working in M&E, economic analysis, and operations for over 15 years. He has been affiliated with the Results Measurement and Evidence Stream and professionally mapped to Infrastructure and Climate Change. During his time at the WBG, he has worked on M&E and strategy at the IFC ESG Front Office and at the Urban, Resilience, and Land Global Department. In his most recent assignment, Oleh worked on operationalizing the WBG Scorecard. Prior to joining the Bank, Oleh led Sectoral Regulation Division at the Ministry of Economy and was a staffer at the Privatization Oversight Commission of the Parliament of Ukraine.

He holds a master’s degree in international development from Harvard and an undergraduate degree in international economics from Ukraine. Oleh enjoys volunteering for DC Central Kitchen, playing guitar and spending time with family and friends.

Sara joined the World Bank Group in 2014 and worked for several years in the Infrastructure Finance, PPPs and Guarantees (IPG) group of the World Bank, as well as spending one year at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). While at IFC, she worked on multilateral engagement and managed relationships with key multilateral development bank (MDB) partners and other global platforms—such as the G20 Infrastructure Working Group, MDB Infrastructure Cooperation Platform, and the OECD. She has also continued to manage the strategic partnership with the Islamic Development Bank on the role of mobilizing Islamic finance for infrastructure PPPs, while both at IFC and the World Bank.

Before IFC Sara worked on supporting the management of the IPG Group and Infrastructure Vice Presidency, including support to various infrastructure-related trust funds. She also spent a few years at the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), managing the Global PPP Knowledge Portfolio, focusing on developing products to help client governments strengthen policies, regulations, and institutions that enable sustainable infrastructure development with private sector participation.

Prior to joining the World Bank Group, Sara worked as a Program Manager at AECOM International Development, where she managed USAID-funded infrastructure programs based in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. She holds a Master of Arts in International Economics & Energy, Resources, and Environment from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Khasan Khamudkhanov is an Uzbek national who joined the GIF team in September 2022. He has worked in the Infrastructure Finance, PPPs and Guarantees (IPG) group of the World Bank since late 2015. Prior to joining the GIF, Khasan was an M&E Consultant at the Public – Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), where he assisted in developing results framework for PPIAF interventions, evaluated the portfolio, and lead the annual country assessment process. He also spent several years as a PPP Consultant at the Benchmarking Infrastructure Development Project, where he evaluated legal frameworks applicable to PPPs in various economies and led the scoring and data visualization process of the project.   

Khasan holds a Master in Public Policy from Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, and a Bachelor in Commerce specializing in Finance and Business Technology Management (BTM) from the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business. He is fluent in Russian and Uzbek.