Shannon Stroud has over 25 years financial services and private capital experience and currently is a director with Milken Institute International where she works to inform financial and economic policy across developing and emerging markets. Stroud joined the Milken Institute in 2021 to co-lead the IFC-Milken Institute Capital Markets Training Program, which is building the next generation of financial policy leaders across more than 60 countries. So far, over 220 scholars have attended the program and are now advancing economic growth and business opportunity in their home markets. From Fall 2024 onwards, the program will be hosted at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in Washington, DC. In 2022, Stroud helped to develop and launch a sister training program in partnership with World Bank Treasury, hosted at Bayes Business School in London. The program works with public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and central banks around the world to build excellence in public financial asset management and governance. Stroud also leads on external affairs and partnership development around Milken Institute’s Africa Leaders Business Council.