Mr. Bapna, Manish

Executive Vice President and Managing Director, World Resource Institute

Mr. Bapna received graduate degrees from Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School and an undergraduate degree from MIT. In addition to his role at WRI, he also serves on the board of directors of Oxfam America and Hampshire College. His experience in international development also includes advisory roles at Seva Mandir (a leading grassroots nonprofit in India) and Women’s World Banking (a microfinance support organization). Earlier, he worked as a strategy consultant for McKinsey & Company in the financial services and technology industries. Mr. Bapna also served as a senior economist and task team leader at the World Bank, where he led multidisciplinary teams in designing and implementing water, watershed, and rural development projects in Asia and Latin America. Mr. Bapna served as WRI’s acting president from 2011-2012.