Priya Basu is the Executive Head of the Secretariat for the newly established the Pandemic Fund, hosted by the World Bank. Priya served as head of the Secretariat for the COVID-19 task force and led the World Bank’s engagement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response in global fora, including the G20 and G7 - coordinating across finance and health. With a career in development finance spanning three decades, Priya brings a depth and breadth of experience in country operations across world regions, resource mobilization, and leading and driving large and complex multi-stakeholder initiatives and agreements at the global level to support global public goods. Priya holds M.Sc./postgraduate degrees in development economics from Oxford University.
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