Founder & Chief Executive Officer, RockCreek

Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss is Founder and CEO of RockCreek, one of the largest women- and diverse-owned global investment firms. Previously, she was Managing Director and Partner at the Carlyle Group, served as Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer of the World Bank, and worked at J.P. Morgan.

Afsaneh has been a pioneer in financial innovation to benefit emerging market economies,

international financial institutions, and multilateral banks. She created and led the World Bank's financial advisory services, which built human capital and helped develop capital markets for central banks, sovereign wealth funds, and treasury departments in OECD and emerging market economies. And she developed and led the World Bank’s investments and policy work on areas including sustainable investing, renewable energy, power, and infrastructure to reduce carbon emissions, as well as leading groundbreaking investments in wind and solar energy.

She regularly advises governments, central banks, and regulatory agencies on financial policy and energy policy, and she helps lead organizations working toward a sustainable future and improved access to clean energy, health, education, and opportunity for all. She is Chair of PBS Foundation, a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study, and serves on the boards of the Council on Foreign Relations; the Rockefeller Foundation – where she chairs the investment committee; the Bretton Woods Committee, where she cochairs the Future of Finance Working Group; Georgetown University; the World Resources Institute; and the Center for Global Development.

Afsaneh holds an MPhil (Honors) in Economics from the University of Oxford, where she taught international trade and economic development.