Full Name
Geneviève Brown
Job Title
Executive Director of the Innovative Finance
Company
Global Affairs Canada
Speaker Bio
Geneviève is Executive Director of the Innovative Finance program, arriving in this position in September 2022. She is responsible for the programming in blended finance and for the sovereign loans program. Previous to that, Geneviève was Director of the Canadian Partnerships for Health and Nutrition. She was responsible for programming in global health with Canadian partners, including innovation programming with Grand Challenges Canada. Previous to this position Geneviève was in Morocco where she was Counsellor and Head of Cooperation.
Since joining CIDA in 2003, Geneviève has held various positions working across Africa on donor coordination and harmonisation, institutional capacity assessments for budget support, and public financial management. She also worked at the Embassy of Canada in Dakar, Senegal.
Genevieve has strong interest and training in executive and performance leadership, trust and high performing teams, process improvement, change management, and private equity investment.
Since joining CIDA in 2003, Geneviève has held various positions working across Africa on donor coordination and harmonisation, institutional capacity assessments for budget support, and public financial management. She also worked at the Embassy of Canada in Dakar, Senegal.
Genevieve has strong interest and training in executive and performance leadership, trust and high performing teams, process improvement, change management, and private equity investment.
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