Africa

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Shannon Stroud

Director, Milken Institute International
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.
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Brenda Huneycutt

Senior Director, International, MI Health
Brenda Huneycutt, PhD, is a senior director at the Milken Institute, where she oversees Milken Institute Health work internationally across all four Milken Institute Health portfolios – FasterCures, the Future of Aging, Feeding Change, and Public Health.
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Sydney Hergan

Senior Associate, Milken Institute International
Sydney Hergan is a senior associate on the Global Market Development team at the Milken Institute, working on the IFC-Milken Institute Capital Markets Program, World Bank-Milken Institute Public Financial Asset Management Program, and Africa Leaders Business Council.
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Khalila Baldwin

Associate Director, Global Programming
Khalila Baldwin serves as an associate director for Global Programming at the Milken Institute, where she is responsible for content development and stakeholder engagement across several of the Institute's key events.
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Emily Musil, PhD

Managing Director, Environmental and Social Innovation, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Emily Musil, PhD, is a managing director at the Milken Institute, where she leads the Institute's Environment and Social Equity Philanthropy portfolio. She also leads innovation competitions for the Milken Institute.
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Carole Biau

Director, Global Market Development, Milken Institute International
Carole Biau is a director for Global Market Development at the Milken Institute, where she works to inform financial and economic policy across developing and emerging markets. 
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Laura Deal Lacey

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute International
Laura Deal Lacey is the executive vice president, MI International at the Milken Institute. She is also the chairman of the board of FWD Insurance (Singapore), serves as the independent director on the SGX-listed Pacific Century Regional Development (PCRD), and is a member of the Singapore Management University's The Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics Advisory Board.
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Esther Krofah

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Health
Esther Krofah is the executive vice president of Milken Institute Health, leading FasterCures, Public Health, the Future of Aging, and Feeding Change. She has extensive experience managing efforts to unite diverse stakeholders to solve critical issues and achieve shared goals that improve patients’ lives.

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The Milken Institute's Africa strategy focuses on fostering resilient, inclusive economies led by African entrepreneurs and investors that can help realize the continent’s brightest future. Among other initiatives, we are building the next generation of leaders in financial policy and asset management; catalyzing technological innovation and entrepreneurship; and fostering policy and investor dialogue to help advance sustainability, health, and shared prosperity in Africa.

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Caitlin MacLean

Managing Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute Finance
Caitlin MacLean is a managing director on the innovative finance team at the Milken Institute. She oversees the research, development, execution, and follow-up of our Financial Innovations Labs, which promote financial solutions to overcome economic and social challenges.