Sheila Kamunyori is a Senior Urban Specialist based in Nairobi with over 15 years of experience in urban development. At the Bank, she leads the Bank support in Kenya on slum upgrading, affordable housing and land, and is the TTL of the Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Project (KISIP). She also supports informal settlement upgrading and affordable housing in South Africa and Rwanda. Prior to the Bank, Sheila worked in international development across multiple sectors, including ICT, health, education, local economic development, and across a number of countries in Africa and Asia-Pacific. Sheila, a Kenyan national, holds a Master’s degree in International Development and Urban Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Ph.D. in Urban Planning from the London School of Economics.