Tigest, a dual Ethiopian/Swedish national joined the GEF as a Program Assistant for the Climate and Chemicals team.

Tigest has more than 15 years experience providing administrative, operational and information support to a diverse ranges of sectors and teams. Before joining the GEF, she was working at the World Bank for the last 10 years. Over the course of these years, she provided support to various units, such as the Africa Energy unit, the Africa Private and Finance sector, the Country Director's office for Angola, Malawi and Mozambique (CD2), the External Affairs (EXT) and Human Development Network (HDN), the Education team (Secondary Education and Adult Outreach).

Tigest comes to us with personal computer and networking programs from George Washington University. She has great Business Management, Language, Litterature and culture skills.