Heike Mainhardt-Gibbs

Consultant, Europe and Central Asia Program

Phone	+1 202 624-0634
Email	hmainhardt@bicusa.org

Heike joined BIC in 2004 as the Manager of the Europe and Central Asia program and since 2006 she has been a consultant to BIC.  Heike has worked for more than fourteen years in the development and environment fields for both the private and nonprofit sectors and has consulted to a wide range of organizations, including NGOs, the US government, the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change. Heike’s areas of expertise include policy lending of the International Financial Institutions, climate change, and extractive industries. Prior to joining BIC, Heike was a Senior Program Officer with the Macroeconomics Program Office of World Wildlife Fund and a consultant in the Global Environmental Issues Group of ICF Consulting.

Heike received her M.A. in Development Economics and International Environmental Policy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and holds a B.S. from the University of Michigan in Environmental Science. She has lived in Russia and Indonesia.

Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Mongolia Russia Accountability at the EBRD Accountability at the IFC & MIGA Energy & Extractive Industries Environmental & Social Policies at the EBRD Environmental & Social Policies at the IFC IFI Governance Transparency Transparency at the EBRD Transparency at the IFC European Bank for Reconstruction and Development International Finance Corporation International Monetary Fund