Demet Cabbar

Demet Cabbar serves as a Financial Officer in the Development Finance Vice Presidency (DFi) at the World Bank Group, where she supports the organization's engagement in the 2030 development agenda and its financing. Her career at the World Bank spans multiple roles, including work as an investment analyst in the Treasury's Pension and Endowments Department. She previously played a key role in expanding the World Bank's Financial Sector Learning Program from a small initiative to a global network of over 3,000 government officials and private sector executives. In 2006-2007, she co-managed the Youth Innovation Fund as an elected officer of the World Bank's Youth-to-Youth Community, fostering innovative ideas from young people in the development agenda. Cabbar's academic background includes a bachelor's degree in management engineering from Istanbul Technical University, an MBA/MA in international business, and an MS in finance from George Washington University. She has contributed to various World Bank publications on financing for development and has been involved in organizing the Development Finance Forum, a flagship policy event bringing together investors, policymakers, and thought leaders to increase private sector investment in low-income countries.