Kamal Dorabawila is a Chief Investment Officer at IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, which promotes development in emerging markets. Based in Singapore, he is currently IFC’s Sector Lead for Transport & Logistics across the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to that, based in Colombo (Sri Lanka) since 2012, he led IFC’s Infrastructure and Energy financings in South Asia ex-India and has extensive experience globally leading debt transactions as well as equity investments. Before relocating to Colombo, Mr. Dorabawila was based in Washington D.C. at IFC’s headquarters for 13 years, leading transactions across the globe in multiple sectors where his last role was as Sector Lead for Oil & Gas for Africa and Asia.

He has led the development of pioneering projects in transport, power generation, LNG, oil & gas, and waste management. These projects have often transformed these sectors and the country, as a whole. The first LNG project in Bangladesh, the largest private sector investment in Nepal and the first ever PPP in Afghanistan are some of the landmark projects he structured and led in the recent past. More than 15 of his transactions have received Deal of the Year awards from leading industry publications. These include the structuring or restructuring of a number of billion dollar transactions with large lender syndicates. His exceptional individual contributions have been recognized with the coveted “Top 30” Award selected from management and staff across the World Bank Group.

He is a graduate from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and also has an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Engineering School of the same University.