Yolanda leads a task force for Green and Sustainable Finance Innovations at Financial Institution Group Advisory Services of Asia in IFC. She brings over 17 years of consulting and banking experience across Asia. Since joined IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in 2013, she has provided advisory and investment services to more than 20 financial institutions to address the developmental challenges for green and inclusive growth, with the dual objectives of achieving both business sustainability and developmental impact. Her clients include the financial regulators, the leading commercial banks, digital/neo banks, leasing companies, microfinance institutions, and fintech innovators in China, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, Myanmar, India, etc. Prior to IFC, Yolanda worked in Citigroup and was a Consultant for US Congress think tank.

Yolanda holds a Master Degree in International Finance and Economics Policy from Columbia University in New York, USA, and BSc from Renmin University of China.