Francesca Manno

Director, International Affairs Department, Italian Treasury, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy

Francesca Manno is currently Director in the International Affairs Department at the Italian Treasury, Ministry of Economy and Finance, in charge of development cooperation and innovative financing (AMC and IFFIm). Ms Manno joined the Ministry in 1988, initially as policy advisor in charge of multilateral development banks.

In her career at the Ministry, she has held various positions interacting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the G7 andG20. She has extensive experience in multilateral development cooperation and international financing institutions, having negotiated several development fund replenishments, serving as member to their Executive Boards and representing different countries. She was appointed as Alternate Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank (2007-2010) and Director at the Inter-American Investment Corporation, where she was selected as Chair of its Executive Committee in 2008.

Prior to that, Ms Manno served as the Senior Advisor to the Executive Director at the IMF (2001-2004) and as an Advisor to the Executive Director at the World Bank (1994-1996). She has an academic background in political science and international law.