Yossef Zahar

Yossef Zahar has more than 25 years of global experience in financial markets and has served in a variety of senior roles in international finance. Over the past 14 years, he has focused on impact and climate finance work in Asia Pacific and Central Asia, leading climate finance programmes for UN Climate RCC, a development agency and governments where he oversaw the development of innovative regional financial structures, integrating blended finance mechanisms and focusing especially on developing financial schemes for vulnerable and rural communities to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change. Prior to this, for a decade, Yossef had a career in corporate and investment banking, being often responsible for running regional activities and development of new products or programmes.

Yossef holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School (LBS, Chevening Leadership Scholar), following Economics studies. He founded the LBS Alumni Carbon Network, serving on its board and as its president. Ensuring that vulnerable communities have access to much-needed finance for the green transition and adopting a multi-stakeholder and partnerships approach embedding gender and social equity are key drivers for Yossef’s work.