Arun Kumar is an investment and strategy professional with about two decades of experience in developing, financing, and executing high-impact projects across emerging markets. He holds an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. Currently, as a principal investment officer, he manages social sector investments across Africa at the African Development Bank Group. In addition, having extensive experience in policy advisory, PPP models, risk assessment & mitigation, unbundling the investments to provide innovative financing, project preparation facilities, co-financing, partnership, blended finance products, management consulting, and in-depth understanding of infrastructure financing across the various stages.