Perseverance and Resilience: Rebuilding Ukraine

In her address to the IIEA, Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), assesses how the international community and international financial institutions (IFIs) can support Ukraine in such dire times. President Renaud-Basso also outlines the EBRD’s response to the Russian invasion, as well the role that the EBRD can play in rebuilding Ukraine in the future.

About the Speaker:

Odile Renaud-Basso was elected the 7th President of EBRD on 2 November 2020 by the EBRD’s Board of Governors and is the first ever female head of a multilateral development bank. Prior to joining the EBRD, as Director General at the French Treasury, Ms Renaud-Basso oversaw the development of France’s economic policies, leading on European and international financial affairs, trade policies, financial regulation and debt management. In this capacity she also served as Vice-President of the European Economic and Financial Committee, deputy to the G7/G20 groups and French Governor or Alternate Governor of the World Bank, EBRD and Asian Development Bank. She was also Chair of the Paris Club.