Subnational and regional Doing Business reports are prepared by a diverse team of experts at the World Bank Group.
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Frédéric Bustelo
Frédéric Bustelo is deputy product specialist for subnational and regional Doing Business. He joined the global Doing Business team in September 2006. He led the Getting Credit indicator (Information Index) for two years, and then the Registering Property indicator for two years. Mr. Bustelo holds an industrial engineering degree from the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology and a master's degree in public administration in international development from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, where he was a Fulbright scholar. Prior to joining the World Bank Group, he worked to improve efficiency and transparency in the Argentine public sector. He also worked with the Grameen Foundation in Buenos Aires and with the multinational steel group Techint. He speaks French and Spanish and is conversant in Portuguese and Italian.
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Mierta Capaul
Mierta Capaul is the product leader for subnational and regional Doing Business. Previously, she worked on enterprise restructuring and corporate governance. Before joining the World Bank, Mierta was an investment banker with a global financial institution, focusing on emerging markets. She holds a MBA from Deusto University in Spain, a masters in economics from the New School of Social Research in New York, and a BA from Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Mierta is a Swiss and Spanish national.
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Claudia Contreras
Claudia Contreras, a Mexican national, joined the World Bank in 1998. She holds a BA in marketing from the Instituto Tecnológico de Chihuahua in Mexico. Before joining the regional and subnational team, Claudia worked in the Institutional Integrity Department of the World Bank and the Bank's Mexico country office; Prior to joining the Bank, she worked in the private sector in Mexico City. She speaks French, Spanish and some Portuguese.
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Farah Hussein
Farah Hussein joined the Subnational Doing Business team in March 2011. Previously, Farah worked as a Senior Consultant with Booz & Co. in the United Arab Emirates focusing on public sector governance. She has also held other assignments at the World Bank Group including with the Development Impact Department and WBI's Evaluation Group. She holds a BA in Economics and Middle East Studies from the University of Virginia and an MPA from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University. She is fluent in Arabic and French.
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Iva Ilieva Hamel
Iva Ilieva Hamel, a Bulgarian national, is a private sector development specialist with the Doing Business Reform Unit. Ms. Hamel joined the World Bank in 2003 and has worked on business environment and small and medium enterprise development throughout the world. Iva also worked on the Doing Business project and was in charge of the Doing Business outreach campaign. Prior to joining the World Bank, Iva was a teaching fellow at Johns Hopkins University and a management consultant with Novell, Inc. She holds an MA in international finance from Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), an accounting certificate from the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and a BA in economics and international studies from Colby College.
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Katerina Leris
Katerina Leris, a Greek national, joined the Doing Business subnational and regional team in November 2007. She holds a law degree from Kent University in the UK, an LPC from the Inns of Court School of Law, and an LLM in international trade and commercial law from University College London. She is a member of the New York Bar. Previously Katerina worked in commercial law in London and Athens and with the Economic Policy and Debt Department of the World Bank. She speaks Greek and French.
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Trimor Mici
Trimor Mici joined the World Bank in 2008. He holds a MBA in finance and investments from the George Washington University in Washington, DC, and a BA from the American University in Bulgaria. Previously, he worked for the press office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe mission in Kosovo. He later joined a startup company in the U.S. private sector. Trimor comes from Kosovo and he speaks Albanian, Bulgarian and some Serbian.
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Dijana Despodova-Pajkovski
Dijana Despodova-Pajkovski, a Macedonian national, joined the Subnational Doing Business team in 2007. She holds a degree in communication from the American University in Bulgaria and a masters degree from the Central European University. Prior to joining the DB team Dijana worked as a communications specialist for a number of international NGOs and for-profit organizations.
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Madalina Papahagi
Madalina Papahagi joined the team in April 2008 from the Foreign Investment Advisory Service regional office in Belgrade. Previously, she worked on operational quality and knowledge management for the Infrastructure and Private Sector Development unit of the World Bank Africa region. Before joining the World Bank, she worked in the banking sector in Romania. She holds an MBA from American University in Washington DC (where she was a Fulbright scholar) and a BA from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest. Madalina is a Romanian and Greek national.
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Maria Camila Roberts
Maria Camila Roberts, a Colombian national, joined the Doing Business subnational team in August 2009. She holds a law degree from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia, a diploma in Insurance law from the same university and an LLM from Indiana University-Bloomington School of Law where she was granted a merit scholarship. Ms. Camila has practiced law in Colombia since 1999, focusing on insurance and banking law. Most recently she worked as a lawyer with a global financial institution in Colombia, particularly on regulations pertaining to promotion activities of banking and investment products offered by foreign financial institutions.
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Pilar Sánchez-Bella
Pilar Sánchez-Bella, a Spanish national, joined the Doing Business subnational team in January 2010. She holds a Law degree with a Business diploma from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, a Philosophy degree from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, and a MS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. Pilar has specialized regionally in the Middle East and has previously worked in different NGOs on conflict resolution, analysis, and human rights. She speaks Spanish, French, Italian and intermediate Modern Standard Arabic.
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Alessio Zanelli
Alessio Zanelli joined the World Bank in 2009. He holds a degree in Political Science with a specialization in International Law from the University of Trieste and a MSc in European Political Economy from the London School of Economics. Prior to joining the team, he worked as an analyst at the Research Center of the Association of Veneto's Chambers of Commerce, where he focused on Small and Medium Enterprise development and industrial cluster analysis. Alessio is an Italian national and is fluent in French.