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The regulars
Svetlana Bagaudinova is a senior private sector development specialist with IFC and manages data collection for the Doing Business report. Prior to joining the IFC, she worked as a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton. A half-Russian half-Avar, Svetlana divides her missions time between Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Sabine Hertveldt is a senior private sector development specialist with the Doing Business team where she leads the enforcing contracts indicator. Prior to joining the IFC, Sabine worked as an attorney with Allen & Overy and White & Case for 7 years.
Dahlia Khalifa is a senior member of the Doing Business team bringing over 20 years of experience in investment banking, business management, and strategic communications. Coming from the private sector where she founded and managed businesses and non-profit organizations, she is now putting her practical experience to the test at what is her fourth career - trying to help make doing business easier for the rest of us. She hopes to eventually move towards a fifth career as a full-time lecturer, something her children complain she has already achieved.
Guest Bloggers
Mema Beye joined the Doing Business team after graduating from the Fletcher School with a Master in International Business relations. Before joining the World Bank, he worked in business development in Angola and Investment policy in the US.
Maya Choueiri joined the Doing Business team in 2007, and is currently working on the Infrastructure indicator. She studied engineering in Lebanon and the US.
Jacqueline den Otter works on the Trade indicator of the Doing Business team. Her work experience lies i.a. with the Netherlands' Executive Director's office at the World Bank, the embassy in Brazil, and an importing and exporting company in the Netherlands.
Carolin Geginat a German national, is an economist leading the development of the new infrastructure indicator for Doing Business. Previously, she was also responsible for the Licensing Indicator. Prior to joining Doing Business she worked on debt relief arrangements for a number of African countries under the Highly Indebted and Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Relief Iniative.
Cemile Hacibeyoglu is a Turkish national of Russian and Azeri origin who works on the property registration indicator with the Doing Business team. Prior to joining the team, she worked with scientific entrepreneurs at the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation, and on investment climate and risk assessment with the Cohen Group and the Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association.
Charlotte Nan Jiang is an analyst on the Doing Business team and currently works on the Paying Taxes indicator. Prior to joining the World Bank in 2008, she worked in the Fixed Income department at Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking. She advocates smart regulations and believes that having ten thousand regulations destroys all respect for the law.
Jean Michel Lobet joined the Doing Business Project in 2006 and leads the protecting investors research. Prior to joining the World Bank, Mr. Lobet held positions related to legal reform with the Organization of American States and the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC.
Dana Omran, an Egyptian national, leads the dealing with licenses indicator. Prior to joining the Doing Business team, she worked with the King Abdullah II Design & Development Bureau in Amman and the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.
Caroline Otonglo is a Kenyan attorney and accountant who joined the Doing Business Team in 2007. Prior to joining the team, she worked with KPMG Kenya as a tax and corporate advisor.
Ivana Rossi, an Argentine national, works on the Transparency indicator. Prior to joining the Doing Business team in 2007, she worked on governance projects with different international organizations and the non-profit sector of her home country.
Yara Salem, a Palestinian national, joined the Doing Business team in 2007 and leading the "Starting a Business" indicator. Prior to joining the team, she worked for the Palestinian Ministry of Trade and Economy as the Director for Private Sector Development and Trade.
Umar Shavurov joined the Doing Business team in 2006 and works on the Dealing with Licenses indicator. Prior to joining the team, he led the International Business Council in Kyrgyzstan promoting better business environment and investment climate.
Jayashree Srinivasan, an Indian national, works on the Infrastructure indicator. Prior to joining the Doing Business Team in 2008, she worked in the South Asia Region of the World Bank in the Sustainable Development Unit, where she was a part of the Urban and Water team.
Susanne Szymanski is working on the Infrastructure indicator. Prior to joining the Doing Business team in 2008, she worked at the OECD.
Tea Trumbic joined the Doing Business team in 2006 and works on the Paying Taxes indicator. Her prior work experiences include the IMF and consulting with the Ministry of Finance in Croatia.
César Chaparro Yedro, a Spanish lawyer and economist, joined Doing Business in 2007 and leads the Employing Workers indicator. He studied in Spain, Italy and Belgium. Prior to joining the World Bank, he practiced European and antitrust law at the law firm Garrigues in Madrid and worked as a legal advisor to the Colgate-Palmolive Company.
Lior Ziv joined the Doing Business team in 2007 to work on the contracts enforcement indicator. He studied law in Belgium, Spain and the US.
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