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ZHANG Rong


Position in PACE: Board Director
E-mail: rzhang@ifc.org
 
Expertise:

Sustainable Banking, Equator Principles, Environmental and social risk management policies and systems, Stakeholder Engagement, Energy Efficiency Finance
 
Experience: 
Ms. Zhang is a program officer in the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. She manages IFC’s environment and social Policy and Standard’s capacity building and related advisory services programs designed for financial institutions in China and East Asia. As the China Task Manager, she manages the Equator Principles China Outreach Program, providing training and technical assistance to the Chinese financial sector. Nearly 70 financial institutions around the world have adopted the Equator Principles, a global benchmark for the financial industry to manage environmental and social issues. Through her years of experience in the IFC, Ms. Zhang has built a broad knowledge and network on environment and social development for the private sector in the emerging markets.
 
Before coming to Washington DC, Ms. Zhang spent over 8 years working for an international consulting firm in China. She was the director of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Department, providing multinational and local corporations with strategic counsel and project implementation across the full spectrum of corporate responsibility issues.
 
Education:
Masters of Science with dual specialization in Business Administration and Communications, Northwestern University, Chicago, U.S.