Degree (Hons) in Economics, Durham University, UK. Extensive global experience with complex, domestic and cross-border transactions covering public and private mergers, acquisitions, disposals, capital raisings and restructurings; has led a number of landmark transactions, including advising a Chinese company on the first ever takeover of a main market UK listed company. As Adviser to the Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Financial Officer, works on a range of financial and risk management strategies of the World Bank Group and for the institutions that make up the Group; primary focus is on finance related matters, such as the development of new lines of business within finance, infrastructure finance and interactions with groups such as the World Economic Forum. Formerly: with Lehman Brothers and Lazard; Managing Director, Head of Europe Mergers & Acquisitions, Standard Chartered.