Isabel Neto is the Digital Practice Manager covering the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region at the World Bank. Isabel has had a long-term engagement in the Digital sector, with over 25 years’ experience managing a wide range of projects covering areas with a focus on digital access to services, and network expansion, sector reform, regulation and the development of Public-Private Partnerships. Her experience cuts across sectors, having spent a number of years as WB Energy portfolio coordinator for the Pacific. Her regional focus beyond ECA has been Africa and the Pacific, and also stretching to Latin America and South Asia. Isabel Neto is a graduate of the Technology and Policy Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and also holds a degree in Electrical Engineering. Prior to joining the World Bank, she worked on regulatory affairs in the private sector, in the mobile and space industries.