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Women Leaders in Finance
at FfD4 - 2025
In person - Live Conference
Mon, Jun 30, 2025
Wed, Jul 2, 2025
BCG Office London
80 Charlotte Street,
London, W1T 4QS
About the Event
Brazil’s Ministry of Finance, at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, strengthened the Women Leaders in Finance Platform, spotlighting women’s leadership in sustainable finance and its role in reducing inequalities, especially gender inequality.
Panelists
Fernanda Santiago
Former Adviser to the
Minister of Finance, Brazil,
and WIF Founder,
Brazilian Government
Anita Fiori
Principal Impact Investor,
Soros Economic
Development Fund (SEDF)
Mariana Mazzucato
Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, UCL, and Founding
Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)
Anastasia Nesvetailova
Head of the Macroeconomic and Development Policies Branch,
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Cristina Reis
Special Secretary for the Carbon Market at the
Ministry of Finance,
Brazilian Government
Débora Freire
Secretary for Economic
Policy at the Ministry
of Finance,
Brazilian Government
Carina Vitral
General Coordinator for
Green Innovation and
Just Transition,
Brazilian Government
Panelists
Fernanda Santiago
Former Adviser to the
Minister of Finance, Brazil,
and WIF Founder,
Brazilian Government
Anita Fiori
Principal Impact Investor,
Soros Economic
Development Fund (SEDF)
Mariana Mazzucato
Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, UCL, and Founding
Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)
Anastasia Nesvetailova
Head of the Macroeconomic and Development Policies Branch,
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Cristina Reis
Special Secretary for the Carbon Market at the
Ministry of Finance,
Brazilian Government
Débora Freire
Secretary for Economic
Policy at the Ministry
of Finance,
Brazilian Government
Carina Vitral
General Coordinator for
Green Innovation and
Just Transition,
Brazilian Government