Benjamin Sessions

Bio

Mr Benjamin Sessions has primary responsibility for GEF's investment program in Latin America as a member of the Emerging Markets team. Mr Sessions plays an active role with investee companies in the region, as well as in overseeing the broader portfolio. Prior to joining GEF in 1998, Mr Sessions worked in the Financial Institutions Group at Lehman Brothers, structuring debt and equity offerings as well as M&A transactions for banks, insurance companies, and finance companies. Previously, he was a consultant with Ernst [amp] Young, where he advised the government of Kazakhstan on its privatization program, first in the establishment of a countrywide public education program in support of privatization and then directing the transport privatization effort in the southern part of the country. Mr Sessions is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Neogas do Brasil and member of the Board of Directors of the consortium holding a 40% stake of Sanepar, a leading water company in Brazil. Mr Sessions also served on the Board of América Latina Logística (ALL), a Bovespa-listed railroad and logistics firm covering Brazil and Argentina. Mr Sessions, a CFA Charterholder, received his MA with distinction in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and holds a BA cum laude in Soviet and East European Studies from Tufts University.