
How business can unlock innovative technology for greater disaster resilience
The private sector can play a key role in disaster resilience through AI-powered warning systems, blockchain cash transfers and emergency response platforms
Arezo Kohistany is a Managing Director at Electrum Group and an Adjunct Professor at New York University (NYU). She was previously a Fellow at Schmidt Futures, where she developed multiple philanthropic initiatives, and spent 13 years at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), working across Advisory Services, Treasury Client Solutions, and as an Investment Officer in the Financial Institutions Group. Arezo holds an MSc in Finance from the London School of Economics and is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders.