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Kaori Kawarabayashi


Kaori Kawarabayashi is a Japanese citizen and grew up in France, Japan, Switzerland and the US. She holds Masters degrees from Harvard Business School and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Her professional experience includes working with the UNDP, government and NGOs on environmental issues, microfinance, small business development and digital divide projects. She also has private sector experience as an investment banker. Kaori has visited 86 countries and studied and/or worked in North and South America, the Middle East, Eastern and Western Europe, South and East Asia and four years in Africa. She speaks English, Japanese, French, Spanish, two West African languages and has been studying Arabic.
Kaori Kawarabayashi is no longer affiliated with IISD.