The Sustainable Investing Research Initiative (SIRI) is delighted to welcome Nnamdi Igbokwe as Senior Research Scholar and Co-Director of SIRI Blended Finance!
As a political economist, his expertise bridges sustainable investing and development finance to drive strategic decision making, guide investment outcomes, and mobilize capital for impact. At SIRI, he will design and lead blended finance programming to mobilize capital for sustainable development, particularly in lower-income markets, through rigorous research, high-level convenings, and practitioner-focused education.
Previously, Dr. Igbokwe served as Director of Knowledge and Thought Leadership at Convergence Blended Finance, the global network for blended finance, where he oversaw data, research, and content portfolios and led intelligence efforts aimed at scaling blended finance and crowding in greater private sector investment for climate and the SDGs into emerging markets. Earlier roles include Senior Vice President leading strategic initiatives for the Data, Analytics, Reporting, and Technology Market Risk team at Citigroup; Director of Research and Investor Relations for a New York global macro hedge fund where he managed the research and content ecosystem for institutional investors; Sustainable development advisor on multilateral initiatives with the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank; and management consultant in the Financial Institutions practice at Boston Consulting Group.
His research in International Political Economy examines how institutions, governance, and global policy shape development outcomes. He has held doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and the American Council of Learned Societies and holds a B.A. in Political Science from Northwestern University, an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University SAIS, and both a master’s degree and Ph.D. in International Political Economy from Johns Hopkins University.
He joins the SIRI Leadership Team along with Bob Massie (Co-Director of SIRI Pathways to Consensus), Katherine Ng (Managing Director) and Professor Caroline Flammer (Founding Director of SIRI).
