Natalie Manuilova is a Senior Governance Specialist for the Governance Global Practice at the World Bank, who is specialized in corporate financial reporting and corporate governance of state-owned enterprises, providing policy advice and reform implementation support to the governments of several countries in Europe and Central Asia. She leads and coordinates regional and in-country work in strengthening corporate governance, improving financial reporting and audit quality across the region, cooperating with respective authorities from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic. Natalie is a co-Chair of the World Bank State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) Community of Practice. Over the past several years, Natalie co-authored several publications on governance and ownership of SOEs in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Uzbekistan, as well as the Regional Report on the Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises in Europe and Central Asia.