CEO and interim CIO, ILX Fund
Manfred is leading the ILX initiative and brings 30+ years’ experience in both development finance and international capital markets. From 2006-2016 he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at the EBRD and led the Bank’s Institutional Investment Partnership in creating its Equity Participation Fund. He is a member of the Investment Committee of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and serves on the Board of Van Lanschot Kempen as Vice Chair, Nederlandse Waterschapsbank. From 2004 to 2006, he was Senior Managing Director and Head of the Association of Financial Markets in Europe and prior to that held various senior positions during an 18-year career at SBC Warburg and UBS where he was Global Head of Debt Capital Markets from 1990-2004.
Manfred holds an MSc in Industrial Relations and a BSc in Development Economics from the London School of Economics and International Baccalaureate from UWC Atlantic College.