Suzy Assaad Wahba

Suzy Assaad Wahba is a Foundation Fellow with over a decade of experience in financial journalism and international economic development. Previously, she served as an anchor/reporter at Bloomberg Television covering capital markets, commodities, and tech sectors, and worked at the Inter-American Development Bank advising Latin American countries on capital market development, followed by privatization policy implementation at the World Bank.

Her career includes cross-currency training at American Security Bank (now Bank of America). As an Egyptian-American fluent in four languages, she has lived in the Middle East, Europe, and the U.S.

Education:

• B.A. in Finance, George Washington University
• M.Phil, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University

Research Interests:

• Capital market development in emerging economies
• Privatization strategies for state-owned enterprises
• International foreign exchange systems