IPN Spotlight: Faheen Allibhoy (Principal Investment Officer at International Finance Corporation)
Faheen Allibhoy is IFC’s Regional Representative for Sénégal, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Mauritania based in Dakar. She is responsible for coordinating IFC’s investment and advisory operations in these countries and managing the operations of the IFC Dakar Office, which is the hub for West and Central Africa. Before this position, she worked directly with the CEO of IFC’s Asset Management Company with respect to strategic efforts and the financing for development agenda. Prior, she was the sector team lead for IFC’s investments in the renewable energy supply chain, having worked on important transactions with large solar and wind companies such as SunPower, Gamesa and Goldwind. In her 15-year tenure at IFC, she has worked with the Manufacturing and Infrastructure departments. Prior to IFC, Ms. Allibhoy worked at Merrill Lynch in New York in the Investment Banking Division. Ms. Allibhoy holds a BA from Wellesley College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is on the Executive Committee of the Harvard Business School Alumni Board and a former Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
What skills have helped you in your career?
• Finance
• Business
• People management
What do you wish you had known or done differently throughout your career?
To be more of a risk-taker and to have veered off the “linear path” from time to time. To take the time to build skills (e.g. business level fluency in a language).
What do you do for continuing education and improvement?
Management and leadership skills, language skills
What is next for you in your career?
A leadership role in a global organization.
What advice would you offer to others?
Be ambitious, stay ambitious.
Areas where you can help other Ismailis:
• MBA applications
• International finance
• General management
Please provide the link to your LinkedIn profile:
Faheen Allibhoy
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