Eric is a development finance professional with over 15 years of experience advising governments and financial institutions, bringing hands-on expertise structuring and arranging financing across capital markets and development finance institutions.
Eric leads the Regional Climate Risk Fund (USD926M) and manages the REPAIR program, a World Bank-financed initiative supporting 12 countries across Eastern and Southern Africa in strengthening financial resilience and operational preparedness against climate-related risks. In this capacity, he leads a multidisciplinary team of around twenty professionals supporting Ministries of Finance and other public institutions on disaster risk financing and resilient operational preparedness.
Eric is the founder of the advisory and finance boutiques Dzifa & Co. and Serenity International. Previously, he served as Country Director at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, where he advised the President of Togo and senior government leaders on national transformation programmes, including industrial policy, infrastructure development, investment promotion, and climate-related initiatives. In this role, he worked closely with DFIs, commercial banks, and private investors.
Prior to this, Eric worked at the World Bank on regional economic and financial sector analysis, and held consulting roles in Europe and the United States, advising governments and institutions on strategy, operations, and delivery. With deep expertise across francophone Africa and a growing footprint in Eastern and Southern Africa through REPAIR, Eric brings an increasingly continental perspective covering Francophone, Lusophone, and Anglophone markets.
Eric holds a degree in Finance from the University of Oxford and in Economics from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas.

Fréjus Lingue is a strategic advisor with extensive experience in public finance, economic development, and public sector reform across Africa. Prior to joining ARC Ltd, Fréjus served as Acting Country Director for Côte d’Ivoire at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, where he supported government transformation initiatives and economic reform efforts.
Throughout his career, he has held senior positions in public finance, consulting, and government advisory, working closely with public and private sector stakeholders to design and implement high-impact economic policies. His areas of expertise include investment promotion and facilitation, tax policy and incentives, private sector development, public financial management, and economic competitiveness. He has advised governments and institutions across Africa on strategies to accelerate growth, attract investment, and strengthen economic resilience.
He holds an Executive Master’s degree in Finance from INSEAD and has completed executive education programs at leading international institutions like HEC Paris. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA), and also holds professional certifications in sustainability and blended finance.

Aumashvini is a sustainability and disaster risk management professional with a technical background in civil and energy engineering. She brings cross-sectoral experience from both public and private institutions, with a strong focus on climate resilience, climate finance, and post-disaster recovery, particularly within the context of small island developing states such as Mauritius.
She holds an MSc in Sustainable Energy Engineering from the University of Cape Town and is a Registered Professional Engineer. Her work includes the development and implementation of climate and sustainable finance frameworks, as well as contributions to early-stage assessments aimed at identifying sectoral vulnerabilities to inform preparedness and response.
Aumashvini has worked with government agencies, multilateral organisations, and financial institutions to align investments with climate goals and improve access to climate finance.

Ali holds a master’s in business economics from the University of Tours in France. He started his career in the energy sector in Brussels with Engie where he worked as a support portfolio manager for thermal assets across Spain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
He then moved to Paris where he worked as a contract manager for gas sourcing, first for Eastern Europe and then for Northern Europe. Those years gave him the chance to dive deep into the electricity and gas markets, along with the financial products that surround them.
After 20 years in Europe, he decided to return to Comoros, where he joined ARC Ltd as country focal point for the REPAIR program. Being part of REPAIR is a source of pride and motivation for Ali as the program addresses very real, tangible challenges — and most importantly, delivers real impact for the people.
As country focal point, he acts as the link between ARC Ltd, the World Bank, the Ministry of Finance, and the local distribution channels. He also oversees and manages the program on the ground — from planning and coordination to execution and reporting.

With over 20 years of experience in strategy, institutional reform, and development consulting across Africa, Hugo has led or contributed to more than 60 technical assistance missions across sectors such as finance, health, private sector development, climate resilience, and governance.
He has worked in over 15 countries, including Madagascar, Niger, Senegal, Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, collaborating with national governments, regional institutions, and international partners including the World Bank, AFD, the African Development Bank, the EU, and the ILO.
He has held senior consulting positions, notably as Partner at FTHM Consulting, and as a recurrent short-term consultant for the World Bank’s Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation (FCI) Global Practice. His areas of expertise include institutional diagnostics, organizational development, strategic planning, project design and evaluation (mid-term, final, ex-post), business model development, public sector reform, and risk governance.
Hugo also has significant experience in leading sector studies, developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogue processes. He has worked extensively on climate resilience and inclusive finance, including evaluations of the resilience of MSMEs to climate shocks and support to financial inclusion initiatives targeting women entrepreneurs.

Fidel has worked in project management, development finance and climate change. He has been engaged in international development supporting financial inclusion, agriculture and SMEs in Mozambique. The projects he has been involved in include fostering agribusiness, natural resource management, and the solidarity economy (cooperative business). He has collaborated with multiple stakeholders, namely Mozambican government institutions, private companies, NGOs and international organizations.
Fidel has work experience in business development at BASF in Germany, through Afrika kommt fellowship. He holds a master’s degree in environmental protection from the University of Belgrade (Serbia) and a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering at Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique).
Additionally, he is a certified expert in microfinance from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Fidel is a REPAIR Focal Point for Mozambique, supporting Ministry of Finance and other stakeholders on coordinating program implementation and capacity building in the country.

With over 15 years of experience in the private and public sectors and in international development, Jesus has expertise in Management Consulting, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Sustainable Finance, having worked on projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and Portugal. His recent experience includes working as a consultant for the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) on implementing the Readiness program to strengthen Angola’s National Designated Authority’s capacity to access climate funds from the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
At the United Nations Development Program, Jesus led projects on private-sector development, green finance, and support for startups and SMEs, collaborating with the Sustainable Finance Hub for Africa on regional projects to facilitate African startups’ access to venture capital and to develop sustainable businesses and the green capital ecosystem across sub-Saharan countries.
Previously, Jesus spent 10 years in the private sector as a Senior Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he supported business transformation programs for multinational companies, and as a professional in the areas of Accounting, Tax Management, and Financial Planning and Control, for global leaders such as Mediterranean Shipping Company, Transocean, and Pernod Ricard.

Throughout her career, Patricia has led and coordinated complex humanitarian and resilience programmes funded by partners including ECHO, WFP, UN Women, Caritas Australia, SCIAF, and the World Bank. She brings extensive experience in programme design and implementation, stakeholder engagement, donor coordination, monitoring and evaluation, and facilitating multi-stakeholder collaboration across government institutions, humanitarian agencies, civil society, and development partners.
As the Malawi Country Focal Point for the REPAIR Program, Patricia works closely with the Government of Malawi, African Risk Capacity Ltd (ARC Ltd), and the World Bank to strengthen disaster risk financing, enhance financial and operational preparedness, and support institutional coordination for effective climate-related disaster response and resilience.
Patricia holds a Master of Development and Social Change from the University of Newcastle, Australia, a Master of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Malawi.

He has worked with the Indian Ocean Commission, European Union, Agence française de développement, the World Health Organization and the World Bank Group on a variety of projects ranging from the promotion of renewable energies in rural regions to green finance products for Mauritian companies and disaster risk finance in Eastern and Southern Africa.

Alex is an international development professional, with an academic background in economics and development economics, and over 15 years of experience as a project manager and economist, with extensive experience working in the Asia-Pacific region.  He specialises in public sector management and governance, with expertise in public financial management, disaster risk finance and insurance, investment climate and trade, and financial sector development

He has worked for over 30 years across the interface of public and private sectors and alongside sovereign ministries of finance and economic development, catastrophe risk markets, hazard and risk modelling agencies, regional, national and sub-national disaster risk management agencies, bi- and multi-lateral development agencies, humanitarian, climate and conservation NGOs, national science agencies, and academia.

Simon has practical experience working in and/or with most countries in the Americas, many countries and regional institutions in Africa and the Pacific, and multiple countries in Asia and Europe, with a particular focus on DRF in the small island states of the Caribbean and Pacific.

His African experience includes work in Egypt, Tanzania, Kenya, Sierra Leone, and Malawi, where he has analyzed agricultural sectors, developed crop insurance products, and provided technical assistance on disaster risk financing solutions. As Rural Product Manager at Allianz Australia, Roman managed agricultural insurance portfolios worth up to USD75 million annually and pioneered the use of GIS mapping and satellite data for portfolio risk management.

Roman holds a Master’s degree in Linguistics and completed advanced studies in Agricultural Economics at the University of London. He is a published expert on agricultural index insurance, earth observation applications, and disaster risk finance, with recent publications for FAO, ADB, and USAID focusing on climate risk solutions for the agricultural sector.

She has completed specific disaster management support projects and also integrated disaster resiliency considerations with multiple projects with the US Agency for International Development, the US Peace Corps, the World Bank, as well as bilateral and multilateral institutions and is fluent in both English and Portuguese.

Paul has 20 years of varied and detailed strategic, operational and technical experience spanning multiple countries and complex emergencies. This included researching and developing 3 national disaster plans and building governmental capability. Paul has 15 years’ experience as a fire and rescue service strategic and training academy commander, and eight years military service. He holds an M.Sc. in Disaster Management and is a current Ph.D. researcher. Paul is a founding member of the Disaster and Emergency Management Board of Coventry University, UK. He has been implementing strategic and operational emergency preparedness and response programs developing capacity, capability and competencies within national governments.