Amira Elmissiry, is a

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who works as the Chief Equity and Chief Catalytic Investment Officer, in the Private Sector Operations Division at the

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, based in

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, in the

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. She previously advised

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, the former President of the bank.

Background and education

Elmissiry was admitted to

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in 2001 to study law. She graduated with a

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(LLB) degree in 2004. Between 2004 and 2006, she studied at the

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(today,

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), where she attended the

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, and was called to the Bar in the United Kingdom in 2006. She continued her education at the City Law School, graduating in 2009 with a

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(LLM) degree in 2009, specializing in Restorative justice. In 2016 she enrolled in the African Leadership University, where she graduated with a

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(MBA) degree, in 2018.

Work experience

For a period of two years, from September 2005 until September 2007, she worked as the Programme Manager and Principal Researcher at a

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Initiatives of Change International
where her work took her between

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and

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. She also worked as a Project Manager and Human Rights Lecturer at the

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, as part of a project funded by the

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and the

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called Drama for Life, from January 2007 until May 2008. In August 2009, she was hired by the African Development Bank, in

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, as a young professional working with the Office of the Secretary General as Assistant to the Secretary General, until August 2010. She then was appointed as an Investment Officer in the Private Sector and Microfinance Operations Division of the bank, helping to establish the private equity practice of the Bank. She was then promoted to Senior Legal Counsel in private sector operations, serving in that capacity for nearly three years, until April 2014. In April 2014 Elmissiry was transferred to

Abidjan, Ivory Coast Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, ...

, and was appointed as a Special Assistant to the President of the African Development Bank, a position she occupied for nearly two years, until February 2016. In 2016, she was promoted to Chief Equity and Catalytic Investment Officer, Private Sector Operations at the bank. She occupies that position as of November 2016.

Other considerations

In 2014, she was named among "The 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa 2014", by

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For five consecutive years, from 2015 until 2020, she was named by ''Choiseul 100 Africa'' as one of the Top 100 Economic Leaders of Africa. In 2017, she was named one of the 100 Global Most Influential People of African Descent Under 40 (MIPAD).

References

External links

Website of the African Development Bank
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Background and education

Work experience

Other considerations

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