KALIM M. SHAH,
COUNTRY MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION (IFC)
Kalim M. Shah is Senior Country Manager for Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). His expanded country coverage took effect in September 2022. Prior to his expanded role, Kalim was Nigeria’s Senior Country Manager at IFC from July 2021.
Kalim was previously the Chief Investment Officer responsible for IFC’s investments in Manufacturing for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Kalim has 30 years of experience in Corporate and Commercial banking, Project Finance, and Financial Analysis with emphasis in the downstream O&G, manufacturing, agribusiness, and financial sectors. Twenty-four of these have been with IFC.
Kalim has country experience within Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Canada, and the USA. He holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) degree in Mechanical Engineering, both from Queen’s University, Canada.