Priya Basu
Priya Basu is the inaugural executive head of the Pandemic Fund at the Word Bank, having led the Multilateral Leaders Task Force on Covid-19 to address vaccine access and delivery, as well as engagement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response with the G20 and G7. Previously she led the World Bank’s Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative, and managed multilateral financing mechanisms and trust funds to address epidemics and pandemics, climate change and refugee crises. She has also worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank and the International Labour Organization.
