Sophie Sirtaine is the CEO at the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor. She is responsible for leading the CGAP operational team to develop, resource, and deliver CGAP’s five-year strategy. She is also a member of CGAP’s executive committee. With over 20 years of experience in the World Bank, Sirtaine has held various positions, including as director of strategy and operations in the independent evaluation group, and she led the World Bank’s banking sector crisis response in several EU countries during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.