Dr. Nnamdi Igbokwe is the Senior Research Scholar and Director of SIRI Blended Finance. A political economist, he focuses on sustainable investing and development finance to mobilize capital in emerging markets. At SIRI, he designs and leads blended finance programming through research, convenings, and practitioner-focused education. With over 20 years of experience spanning the public and private sectors, he is an expert in blended finance and optimizing the deployment of development capital to drive strategic decision-making and investment outcomes. Previously, he was Director of Knowledge and Thought Leadership at Convergence Blended Finance. His experience spans Citigroup, the World Bank Group, the African Development Bank, and BCG. He completed a Doctoral Research Fellowship at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. In 2020 he was selected for the inaugural cohort of American Council of Learned Societies Emerging Voices Postdoctoral Fellows. He received his Ph.D. in International Political Economy from Johns Hopkins University.
