Mustafa Zakir Hussain is Practice Manager for the Infrastructure Finance Department at the World Bank. His World Bank operational experience covers Africa (all sub-regions), the Balkans, East Asia & Pacific and South Asia. He has worked on many aspects of infrastructure investment including policy, regulation and project structuring/financing. His roles have included Senior Infrastructure Finance Specialist in the Bank’s Guarantees team and Lead Energy Specialist for West Africa. Beyond infrastructure, he has led national multi-sector budget support operations and worked in the Bank’s operational policies department and in corporate roles. His role immediately prior to this was Manager of East Asia & Pacific Operations Services where he was also part of the Regional Leadership Team. Mustafa has master's degrees in economics and engineering and, prior to joining the Bank, was based in London - where he worked in economics consulting for Frontier Economics, energy sector trading & investment and was on the Management Associate Program of Citibank.