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International development finance professional with over 17 years’ experience in development & project finance, resource mobilization & partnerships, co-financing, funding project preparation, trust fund management, institutional relations & business development, debt management, economic research, communication and education.
Currently working as Senior Resource Mobilization & Partnership Officer in the African Development Bank, O’Neil is part of the team that coordinates the African Development Fund (ADF) replenishment. He also coordinates and manages the Secretariat of the ADF Project Preparation Facility. In addition, O’Neil serves as the relationship manager for Bank’s partnership with the US, Germany and Spain. O'Neil also oversees debt sustainability related activities and represents the Bank at the WB-IMF Debt Management Facility (DMF). Prior to joining the AfDB, O’Neil worked with the India Exim Bank as Assistant General Manager and held various senior positions and served in departments including ODA, Research & Analysis, Export Services and Project Finance. O’Neil comes with considerable Africa experience having worked as the Regional Head of India Exim Bank’s West Africa Office in Dakar, Senegal covering 23 countries during 2007-2012 period. From 2015 to 2017 O’Neil was seconded by India Exim Bank to the AfDB as a Co-financing and PPP Expert.
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is a regional multilateral development finance institution established to contribute to the economic development and social progress of African countries that are the institution’s Regional Member Countries (RMCs). The AfDB was founded following an agreement signed by member states on August 14, 1963, in Khartoum, Sudan, which became effective on September 10, 1964. The AfDB comprises three entities: the African Development Bank (ADB), the African Development Fund (ADF) and the Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF). As the premier development finance institution on the continent, the AfDB’s mission is to help reduce poverty, improve living conditions for Africans and mobilize resources for the continent’s economic and social development. The AfDB headquarters is officially in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The overarching objective of the Bank Group is to spur sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries (RMCs), thus contributing to poverty reduction. The Bank Group achieves this objective by mobilizing and allocating resources for investment in RMCs; and providing policy advice and technical assistance to support development efforts.