Francesca Manno

Director, International Affairs Department, Italian Treasury, Ministry of Economy and Finance

Ms. Manno is currently Director in the International Affairs Department at the Italian Treasury, Ministry of Economy and Finance, in charge of development cooperation and innovative financing (AMC and IFFIm). Ms. Manno joined the Ministry in 1988, initially as policy advisor in charge of multilateral development banks. In her career at the Ministry she has held various other positions, dealing with IMF and G7-G20. She has a long experience in multilateral development cooperation and international financing institutions, having negotiated several development fund replenishments and having served in some of their Executive Boards, representing different countries. She was appointed as Alternate Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank (2007-2010) and Director at the Inter-American Investment Corporation, where she was selected as chair of its Executive Committee in 2008. Prior to that, she served as the Senior Advisor to the Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (2001-2004) and as an Advisor to the Executive Director at the World Bank (1994-1996). She has an academic background in political science and international law.