Prior to joining GIF, Carmel worked for the IFC’s Inclusive Business unit and also helped coordinate IFC’s Social Bond Program. She also served as a Strategy Associate for Spectrum Impact, a consulting company that works with public and private sector clients to develop impact investing strategies and products. Previously, Carmel worked at Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) in Singapore and also supported the Case Foundation’s Impact Investing portfolio. She also served as a Senior Program Assistant at the National Democratic Institute, managing and implementing donor-funded foreign assistance programs in the Middle East & North Africa.
Carmel earned an MS in Global Business & Finance from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a BA in Global Studies and World Arts & Cultures from the University of California, Los Angeles.