Dimitris Tsitsiragos

Dimitris Tsitsiragos has over 30 years of extensive international experience in emerging markets finance across industries, sectors and products. He started his career in 1985 in New York as a corporate bond evaluator at Interactive Data Services, Inc (former subsidiary of Chase Manhattan Corporation). In 1989, he joined the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group as an Analyst and retired in 2017 as Vice President, leading IFC’s global business operations and stakeholder relations with a global network of governments, financial institutions and private sector clients. He also chaired IFC’s Corporate Credit Committee. During his progressive career at the institution, he held the following positions: Vice President, Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa (EMENA) (2011-2014) based in Istanbul; Director of Middle East, North Africa and Southern Europe (MENA) (2010-2011) based in Cairo; Director of Global Manufacturing and Services Department (2004-2010); Director of South Asia (2002-2004) based in New Delhi; Manager, New Investments, Central & Eastern Europe (2001-2002); Manager Oil & Gas (2000-2001) and held a number of investment positions in the same unit (1989-2001). Currently Dimitris Tsitsiragos is a Senior Advisor, Emerging Markets at the Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO). He also sits on the Board of Alpha Bank (Greece) as an independent director. He holds an MBA from the George Washington University and a BA in Economics from the Rutgers University. He has also attended the World Bank Group Executive Development Program at Harvard Business School.