Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, a seasoned development leader and global policy strategist, is the inaugural executive director of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, or FRLD. Prior to this appointment, Diong served as United Nations assistant secretary-general and director-general of the African Risk Capacity, ARC, Group, a specialized agency of the African Union, where he spearheaded institutional reforms and scaled ARC’s work in disaster risk financing across Africa.