Julius Gwyer

Julius Gwyer is a program officer in the Development Finance Vice Presidency (DFi), supporting the World Bank Group’s engagement on financing the new global development agenda. Prior to joining DFi, he supported the President's Special Envoy for two years, leading the Bank's engagement with the UN, MDBs, governments, the private sector, academia and civil society on all aspects of the post-2015 development agenda. In this capacity, he also supported the Special Envoy in engaging the World Economic Forum and Global Economic Symposium, wrote numerous op-eds on topics related to the new global development agenda, led the organization of flagship events and side events at the World Bank Group - IMF Annual and Spring Meetings, organized high-level meetings between the UN Permanent Representatives and Bank's Board, and co-led the creation of a distinguished speaker series for the Bank's Board. Previously he worked in the offices leading the Bank's and also previously IFC's knowledge strategy; played a leading role in establishing new corporate governance for the web and social media; created and managed an online community of practice with 30,000 members on the topic of development effectiveness in collaboration with the Development Gateway; and for five years conducted operations evaluation assessments of the Bank Group's strategy and programs in Poland, India, the Philippines, Nepal and Mexico. Prior to joining the Bank, he was an executive officer for the British government in the department for the environment.
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