Andrew Wainer

Trilingual (English/Spanish/Portuguese) development, innovative, climate, and multilateral finance analyst with expertise on how catalytic public and philanthropic capital mobilizes private sector investment in emerging markets. Lead research on complex, multi-stakeholder innovative finance models, including on a Grand Challenges Canada-supported development impact bonds in Cameroon. Sustainable finance analysis influenced World Bank, USAID, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) approaches and shaped the field among practitioners. Lead key informant interviews, desk research, evidence synthesis and comparative analysis resulting in thought leadership in the Stanford Social Innovation Review and an op-ed in Devex. Led convening of innovative finance stakeholders for a workshop systemically capturing lessons learned from maternal and child health innovative financing. Co-lead Save the Children MDB/IFI investment in children agenda in lower-income countries and lead research on new financing models including the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust. Superb communicator skilled at forging relationships with ministries of finance, corporate leaders, and IMF experts. Skilled finance writer and collaborator with analysis placed with the Center for Global Development, TaxNotes, The Guardian, American University, and the peer-reviewed literature. Global citizen with decades of experience in lower-income countries. Proven leader with the composure to adapt to dynamic environments. Demonstrated success leading complex finance research. • Frontier innovative finance research published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review and by the Blavatik School of Government at Oxford University. This thought leadership and convening project on development impact bonds (DIB) included gathering market intelligence through interviews with GCC, the Global Financing Facility, Nutrition International, the MaRS Center for Impact Investing and other stakeholders such as the World Bank, the Gates Foundation, Merck for Mothers, and experts in Cameroon and other lower-income countries. Synthesized insights from 30+ stakeholder interviews across public, private, and philanthropic sectors into multiple thought leadership products that served to highlight DIBs value proposition and challenges while identifying market gaps and opportunities for deal flow. • Cutting-edge finance analysis for the Center for Global Development on the IMF’s sovereign climate financing facility, Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST). Forged relationships and lead interviews with the Rwandan and Costa Rican finance ministers and their IMF interlocutors on this new source of lower-income country finance. Cultivated relationships with DFIs and public sector stakeholders. Synthesized in-depth desk research and interviews into report findings that informed the Spanish Central Bank’s RST assessment. Included blended finance proposals and engagement with the private sector on climate infrastructure investments. • Pioneering research on the innovative finance potential of remittances that changed US government programs in migrant-sending regions. Analysis that contributed to US Central America Root Causes Strategy in Central America. Research published in The Guardian, Devex, The Atlantic, and the peer-reviewed literature. Generated concise pilot program design options, proposals and recommendations for innovative finance vehicles using remittances. • Collaborative and inclusive research partner. Adept at fostering relationships, building partnerships. Skilled development finance team leadership and mentoring. Synthesize, tailor and disseminate findings to outlets ranging from media placements to peer-reviewed journals.