Shirmila Ramasamy is a capital markets lawyer who works on innovative financing mechanisms for targeted development priorities. She has been with the World Bank since 2008 and is part of the team responsible for the design and structuring of the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm), the Advance Market Commitments (AMC), the Pilot Auction Facility for Climate Mitigation (PAF) and other financing initiatives. She also advises on capital markets instruments pioneered by the World Bank, including the inaugural Issuer-Driven Exchange Traded Fund which was launched on the Brazilian stock exchange in May 2019. Prior to joining the World Bank, she worked in London, New York and Singapore - managing cross-border structured finance transactions as Managing Associate at Linklaters LLP.