Mahmoud Mohieldin( LinkedIn) has been appointed chair of the board of trustees at Nile University, replacing the former Arab League secretary-general Amr Moussa, according to a statement (pdf) out last week. Mohieldin has a long history of occupying senior positions in government and policy making, including serving as Egypt’s investment minister (2005-2010), and senior vice president at the World Bank (2016-2020). He is currently an executive director at the IMF, a special envoy to the UN secretary-general, and was chosen to be Egypt’s UN high-level climate champion for COP27. He has been a visiting professor at Nile University since 2018.

ICYMI- Enterprise Climate recently sat down with Mohieldin to discuss climate finance, the global energy transition, COP28, and the latest updates on the landmark loss and damage agreed at COP27. Read the interview here:Part 1 Part 2

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