Manager, Climate Finance & Economics
Climate Change Group, The World Bank

Hania is the Manager for Climate Finance & Economics at the World Bank, where she leads a team of over 30 professionals focused on advancing climate finance, carbon markets, and climate analytics. In her previous role as Climate Business Development & Strategy Manager at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, Hania spearheaded efforts to scale IFC’s investments in green cities, sustainable buildings, innovative climate technologies, and carbon markets.

Hania has also served as an Assistant to the World Bank President, providing strategic advice on a wide range of policy issues, including infrastructure, energy, and climate. From 2019 to 2021, she represented the World Bank as Sherpa to the G20.

With over a decade of experience as an investment professional, Hania has executed debt and equity transactions at IFC’s Infrastructure Department and Morgan Stanley. She has also worked in the African Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Hania holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.