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As President of Global Business Strategies, Marysue K. Shore brings a depth of experience in identifying and developing investment opportunities & building public/private partnerships in emerging markets, with particular expertise in Africa. Ms. Shore served for over three years as Senior Advisor to the President and as Director of African Affairs at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) where she helped focus its activities on the compelling investment needs of Africa, enabling OPIC to substantially increase its portfolio in the continent. While at OPIC, as part of the broader U.S. Government efforts to normalize relations with Libya she worked closely with U.S. and Libyan counterparts to remove existing statutory obstacles to allow OPIC to support investment and economic development in Libya. Ms. Shores worked for several years at the World Bank Group—first in the southern Africa department, coordinating the World Bank’s advisory work in the region. She later directed the Information for Development Program (infoDev), a multi-investor fund that provided development financing to telecommunications and information technology (ICT) projects. She has authored and contributed to numerous articles and publications, and spoken at international conferences and seminars on topics dealing with policies and investments in Africa as well as development and investment opportunities in the ICT and renewable energy sectors. Ms. Shore holds a Master’s degree in International Business from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) and a Bachelor’s degree with honors in Business Management and in Spanish from the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has completed coursework in international marketing and finance at the Universidad de San Luis in Madrid, Spain and in international policy at Georgetown University. She is proficient in Spanish, French and Portuguese. Ms. Shore is a member of President Bush’s Trade Advisory Committee on Africa. On April 15, 2002, Marysue was formally adopted as a member of the Maasai tribe of Kenya. |