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Christopher Marks

MUFG

Head of Growth Markets, Innovative Finance and Portfolio Solutions

Description

Dr. Christopher Marks has worked in the financial markets and financial sector advisory, across the public and private sector, for more than 25 years. He is Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Solutions, Innovative Finance & Growth Markets, MUFG, based in London. Prior to his current role, Christopher served as Senior Advisor to the Group Chief Risk Officer and the Acting VP for Private Sector Development / Director of the Financial Sector Development Department at the African Development Bank. He also consulted as Expert - Capital Markets / Sovereign Debt Management for the International Monetary Fund / AFRITEC Office in Abidjan. Dr. Marks was previously Global Head of Debt Capital Markets at BNP Paribas in London and a member of BNP Paribas’ Global Fixed Income Business Committee, having spent 15 years at the bank. In this role he managed a team of 120 professionals based in 13 countries on 5 continents, responsible for all capital markets origination and execution, including associated structuring, across all sovereign, public sector, corporate, high yield, special situations loan-bond and financial institution client segments worldwide. Prior to his career as an investment banker, he worked as a public finance specialist, with a particular focus on intergovernmental finance. Notably, he served as a USAID-sponsored Advisor, resident for three years within the Ministry of Finance, Republic of Poland. In addition, he has worked for the World Bank, OECD, and Price Waterhouse International Privatization Group during the US Government-sponsored Voucher Privatization Programs in Central Europe. He began his development finance career as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa; throughout his career he has lived for six years in Africa across different roles. Princeton University, External Advisory Council, Julis-Rabinowitz Centre for Public Policy and Finance B.A. Colgate University; M.A. Johns Hopkins SAIS; D.E.A. Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris; PhD Princeton University

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