Frances Reid

Frances Reid recently retired from a professional career as a professor of political economy, a private-sector international lawyer, an investment banker in corporate finance, and an economic development professional in both the private and public sectors. She first visited the Soviet Union as a young professor through the US-Soviet Academic Exchange Program (IREX), and later worked in Russia and Central Asia in the private sector and for the EBRD, spending considerable time there. Her work involved leading investment teams and setting up credit lines with local financial institutions. She later worked globally in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and Latin America for various economic development organizations based in Europe and the US, including the Millennium Challenge Corporation and the British International Investment organization (formerly CDC). Most recently, she served as President of an NGO focused on agricultural lending in Latin America and Southeast Asia.