Specialization:                                        Oil, gas, mining and chemicals

Languages:
Arabic, French, English

Mr. Rashad-Rudolf Kaldany is the Director of the Oil, Gas, Mining & Chemicals department, a joint department of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank.

Mr. Kaldany joined IFC in 1988 as an Investment Officer in the West Africa and Middle East department and in 1990 transferred to the Middle East and North Africa department.  From 1992 to 1994, he was Special Assistant to IFC's Executive Vice Presidents, Sir William Ryrie and Mr. Jannik Lindbaek. In 1994 he became Manager, Capital Markets division of the Asia department. In 1997, he was appointed Senior Manager, Office of the Vice President, Investment Operations.  Soon after that he was promoted to Director, South and Southeast Asia department, based in New Delhi, India. Mr. Kaldany returned to headquarters in 2000 as the Director of the Oil, Gas & Chemicals department, a joint department of the IFC and the World Bank, which merged with the Mining Department in July 2002.

Mr. Kaldany received a Ph.D. from Columbia University and an MBA from Stanford University.

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