Rethinking the role of investment as one of the main foundations for achieving sustainable development goals, and moving away from a model of industrial location based only on cost reduction, with its resulting damage to equality and the environment, are two of the main goals of impact investment. Heba Salama is an expert on productive investment and brings her knowledge to the management of the Regional Investment Agency of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). She has been working on African projects for 20 years, and in 2017 was selected as one of Egypt’s 50 Most Influential Women for her role in developing the country’s human and economic resources.

Heba Salama will talk to William Mut Tracy, a consultant who specializes in the politics and promotion of productive investment, who has worked with numerous international institutions including the World Bank, the United Nations, COMESA, the EU and others. This event will be introduced by Borja Santos, the Executive Director of the IE School of Global and Public Affairs.