The IFC has appointed Lisa Kaestner as the new Country Manager for Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Based in Colombo, Kaestner will focus on diversifying and growing IFC’s portfolio while helping strengthen the private sector in both countries and promoting inclusive growth.
The appointment was announced by IFC’s Vice President for Asia and the Pacific, Alfonso Garcia Mora, who along with IFC’s Regional Director for South Asia, Hector Gomez Ang, arrived in Sri Lanka for meetings with government and private sector representatives.
“Spurring private sector-led growth is vital to Sri Lanka’s future,” Garcia Mora said. “IFC is committed to catalysing the private sector and has played a strong countercyclical role in the country since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 by investing over $450 million in 18 months, providing much needed long- term capital and trade financing to help sustain businesses and preserve jobs,” he said.