Program Director, Global Infrastructure Finance Centre of Excellence
World Bank-Singapore Urban Hub
Mr. Khan is the Program Director of the Global Infrastructure Finance Center of Excellence and the World Bank–Singapore Urban Hub. He is a member of World Bank’s Global Expert Team on Public-Private-Partnerships, and represents the WBG on the Board (Asia) of the International Project Finance Association.
Mr. Khan’s experience includes investment banking, project finance, and corporate strategy with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining the World Bank in 2004, Mr. Khan spent over eight years in the private sector focusing on investment banking with Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase, and strategy consulting at LEK Consulting. Mr. Khan has also worked for over seven years at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), where he was the team leader of USAID’s global project finance/guarantee facility, and managed a multi-sector portfolio of investments in South Asia, East Asia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Latin America. Mr. Khan’s transaction experience includes municipal bonds, asset securitization, project finance, privatization, mergers and acquisitions, buy-outs and private equity investments.
Mr. Khan has a MBA from the University of Chicago in Accounting, Finance and Strategic Management. He also holds a MS in Applied Economics and a MGA in Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania.