Louise Gardiner

Louise has been a sustainable finance and disclosure specialist with IFC, part of the World Bank Group, since 2005. From 2012 to 2024 she was Africa coordinator in the Secretariat of the IFC-facilitated, Sustainable Banking and Finance Network (SBFN), a voluntary learning platform for financial sector regulators and banking associations from over 70 emerging markets. Louise has worked closely with regulators, banking associations, and banks to create markets for sustainable finance. As Practice Group Lead for Climate Finance in Eastern and Southern Africa since May 2024, based in Dar es Salaam, Louise is responsible for advancing IFC’s advisory support on sustainable finance for financial institutions, stock exchanges, and financial sector regulators in the region.

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