Riccardo Puliti
Global Director for Energy and Extractive Industries and Regional Director for Infrastructure in Africa, World Bank
Riccardo Puliti is the Global Director of the World Bank's Energy and Extractive Industries Global Practice and the Regional Director for the Infrastructure department in the Africa region. Riccardo, who joined the World Bank in November 2016, leads a team of 400 professionals in their work developing policies and financing in the global energy and extractive industries.
Prior to joining the World Bank Group, Riccardo was the Managing Director in charge of Energy and Extractive Industries at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, leading a group of 100 professionals with a portfolio of approximately EUR 11 billion.
Riccardo started his career at Istituto Mobiliare Italiano in 1987 before moving to Banque Indosuez and NM Rothschild where he worked in equity capital markets. He has been a nominee or independent member of the board of several energy and extractive companies, including OMV Petrom, Irkutsk Oil and Iberdrola Poland. He holds an MBA from Instituto Superior de Estudios de la Empresa (IESE) and postgraduate studies at the Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University) and Imperial College.
