Abdullah Jefri

SENIOR REGIONALMANAGER, GCC (BAHRAIN, KUWAIT, OMAN, QATAR & UAE)

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION

ABDULLAH JEFRI, SENIOR MANAGER FOR THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL - International Finance Corporation (IFC) Abdullah Jefri is the Senior Manager for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – excluding Saudi Arabia – at IFC, a member of the World Bank Group and the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. With over 20 years of global experience in finance and investments, he now focuses on enabling high-impact investments from the GCC to emerging markets, helping to diversify GCC economies, and advancing projects that tackle climate change. Previously, Abdullah was IFC’s regional manager for the Levant countries, where he oversaw a billion dollar-plus portfolio and the commitment of over half a billion dollars of new investments in a region including fragile and conflict-affected states such as Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria. During his tenure, he led projects that helped increase access to finance, healthcare, and state-of-the art infrastructure as well as secure better opportunities – including for women, entrepreneurs, and forcibly displaced populations. Prior to Amman, Abdullah was based in IFC’s Washington, D.C. office for over a decade, where he focused on identifying investment opportunities in emerging markets, executing equity and debt transactions, and managing a portfolio of investments in Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. During that period Abdullah led or co-led the execution of over $1.1 billion of investments in emerging markets. Prior to IFC, Abdullah was an investment banking manager in the Saudi American Bank (then an affiliate of Citibank, now acquired by Saudi National Bank) and an accounting supervisor in General Dynamics Arabia. Abdullah, a Saudi national, holds an MBA and an MSc in Finance from Boston College.