Dr. Tara Shirvani currently works for the Energy and Transport Unit of the World Bank Group, with a focus on designing climate-resilient and low-carbon transport and energy policies for developing countries. Through her diverse work experience at the Climate Policy Unit of the World Bank, the United Nations office in Iran, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank, she strengthened her practical understanding for the need to transform oil-based economies into information-based ones. In 2012 she was nominated as a World Economic Forum Global Shaper in the field of energy policy and sustainability.