Vincent Rague

Vincent has over 25 years experience at the IFC and World bank with experience spanning investments, project finance and banking in Africa, Europe and Asia. He was previously the Chief Investment Officer and Global Head of Property Finance at the IFC and served in a variety of senior management position, including as Senior Manager, Financial Markets and Advisory Services for Southeast Europe and Central Asia based in Turkey, as manager in the SME and Advisory Services Department based in Washington DC, and as IFC’s first Regional Representative to South Africa, where he was responsible for setting up and managing IFC’s office and operations in Southern Africa. During that time he originated and structured IFC’s first private equity investments in Africa.