Cécile Ferro joined the Doing Business team in January 2016. She works on the Trading across Borders indicator. She holds a Master's Degree in Finance and Strategy from Sciences Po in Paris and an Msc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics (UK). Prior to joining the team Cécile worked in the Subnational Doing Business team since July 2013 on projects in Nigeria and Poland in the areas of Starting a Business and Registering Property. Prior to the World Bank, she worked as a business consultant specialized in risk management in EY Advisory in Paris. She has also worked on structured finance and microfinance projects for the European Investment Fund (EIB Group) in Luxembourg as well as in microfinance and project investment for Proparco (Agence Française de Développement). She speaks French, Polish and is conversant in Spanish.