Faeyza Khan is a development professional with more than 18 years of experience.
She is now the co-founder of a think tank and advisory company, Tangent. Her career
spans commercial banking in Pakistan to Global technology company in Palo Alto and
Paris. Finally, she was with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) since the past
13 years, where she worked on projects in Pakistan and around the world. She was
leading IFC’s microfinance country advisory program in her last stint, having earlier
worked in equity and investment divisions on projects ranging from commercial
banks, microfinance Banks to leasing and insurance companies. While at IFC, she was
the team’s ESG champion (environment, social and corporate governance). These
principles are firmly embedded into the monitoring and evaluation metrics that are
the pillar of IFC’s investment and advisory projects to ensure optimal impact. IFC’s
ESG policies, guidelines, and tools are widely adopted as market standards and
integrated in operational policies by corporations, investors, financial intermediaries,
stock exchanges, regulators, and countries. This helps emerging markets raise their
ESG standards and level the playing field
