Mr. Manish Bapna
President and CEO (interim), World Resources Institute
Mr. Manish Bapna is the Interim President and CEO of the World Resources Institute, a global research organization that works to address the urgent sustainability challenges related to food, forests, water, climate, energy, cities and the ocean. Manish oversees WRI’s programs, chairs WRI’s management team and works to strengthen the impact of WRI research. He led WRI’s efforts to establish offices in China, India and Brazil and helped launch WRI programs on cities, energy, finance and adaptation. Previously, he was the Executive Director of the nonprofit Bank Information Center and a Senior Economist at the World Bank. He also was a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company.