International Financial Institutions and Resourcing the SDGs

Description

Kartick is the Chief of Staff and Adviser to the Vice President, Partnerships, Communication and Outreach at the International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group). Previously he was Head of Strategy for Western Europe at IFC and was the President & Chief Operating Officer of CradleRock Capital Partners, a Private Equity fund which invests in Small and Medium-Sized (SMEs) emerging market businesses. Before joining the World Bank Group, Kartick led Global Vaccine Markets at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and headed business development at NowDiagnostics, a US biomedical technology company. He served as the Dr. David Chu Distinguished Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. Kartick is a graduate of the International Relations Program at Trinity College at the University of Toronto and a Catherwood Scholar, and went on to graduate studies at Cambridge University and Columbia University. He is a multilingual professional with more than a decade of experience in investment, corporate acquisitions and in building innovative multi-stakeholder partnerships in emerging markets. Kartick combines high-level positions in global corporations and business organizations with international public policy experience, having working for the World Bank and the OECD, among others.