About Dana

Dana Younger has been involved in wind and solar project finance, corporate finance, mobilization of private equity financing and support for development of the renewables supply chain for more than 25 years in his previous role as Chief Renewable Energy Specialist for the Global Power Team within the Global Infrastructure & Natural Resources Department of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector investment arm of the World Bank Group.

Younger has helped IFC build an impressive portfolio of more than $5 billion in clean energy investments over the last two decades with an emphasis on building greenfield renewable energy projects in emerging market countries. He has been involved with teams providing debt and equity finance on a project and corporate basis, creation of new private equity funds, and mobilization of co-financing from multiple sources. He served as the representative of the World Bank Group President to the G8 Renewable Task Force and acted as IFC’s Executive Coordinator for the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

He participated in launching IFC’s carbon finance activities and the World Bank’s Prototype Carbon Fund. He has also helped IFC to mobilize financing for over 3 GW of wind projects in developing countries including: China, India, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Turkey, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Jordan, Brazil, Chile and Mexico.