Kaavya Ashok Krishna a Senior Financial Sector Specialist working in the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation (FCI) Global Practice based in Washington DC. She leads Capacity Strengthening, Knowledge exchange, and Communications on Crisis and Disaster Risk Financing (CDRF). Kaavya launched the Financial Protection Academy which has trained over 30,000 clients from 60+ countries in CDRF. She has previously worked in leadership development and marketing roles at The United Nations, Warner Bros Media, The Indian Express, Sify and Ogilvy, and Mather. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Madras, a Master’s degree in Technology and Learning from Harvard University.