Philippe Valahu joined the Private Infrastructure Development Group as chief executive officer in 2014. He has 30 years of international experience in emerging markets, infrastructure, project export finance, and risk management. Prior to joining PIDG, he was a founding partner of an emerging-markets infrastructure finance advisory firm, worked for Depfa Bank’s infrastructure finance unit, and spent 13 years at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the World Bank Group as global head of infrastructure. Philippe attended Harvard Business School’s Executive Program and holds an MBA in International Business from George Washington University.