Mimi Alemayehou
Mimi Alemayehou (born 1969) is a development finance executive who has served as Executive Vice President of the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and as United States Executive Director of the African Development Bank.
She is the recipient of a Distinguished Honor Award.
Early life and education
Mimi Alemayehou is a
Alemayehou earned her bachelor's degree from
Career
From March 2010 to April 2014, Alemayehou served as Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).[4]
In June 2010, President
While at OPIC, Alemayehou oversaw a portfolio of approximately $16 billion invested in over 100 countries.[1] During this time, the agency partnered with President Obama's Power Africa Initiative, a blueprint for improving access to electricity in underdeveloped regions of Africa.[5] In March 2014, Alemayehou testified on behalf of OPIC at the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on the Power Africa Initiative.[6]
Prior to her position at OPIC, Alemayehou served as the United States Executive Director at the
Previously, Alemayehou was with the International Executive Service Corps where she managed a multi-country trade project in Africa. She also served as a Director of International Regulatory Affairs at WorldSpace Corporation, a satellite telecommunications company focused on emerging markets.[7]
In December 2013,
Other Activity
In 2015, Alemayehou signed an open letter which the
References
- ^ a b “Mimi Alemayehou: Top African Female Executive At The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) - Part One.”, Forbes. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ “Mimi Alemayehou.”, Ethiopian Women Unleashed. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ a b c This article incorporates public domain material from the White House
- ^ “Africa: U.S. Private, Public Sectors Step Up to Power Challenge - Mimi Alemayehou.” Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, AfricanLiberty.org. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ “My Personal Journey As An Ethiopian American Working For Power Africa.”, USAID. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ “Testimony of Mimi Alemayehou, Executive Vice President Overseas private Investment Corporation.”, Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Mimi Alemayehou – One of the 20 Young Power Women from Africa". 2014-06-05. Archived from the original on 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
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- ^ Tracy McVeigh (7 March 2015). "Poverty is sexist: leading women sign up for global equality | Life and style". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-05-08.