Ekaterina Autet

Ekaterina Autet is a Senior Investment Officer in the Global Infrastructure, Metals & Mining team at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group. Based in London, she leads the origination and execution of infrastructure and mining transactions across Africa, Central Asia and MENA, taking complex multi-stakeholder deals through to financial close. She has worked on the World Bank Group’s Metals and Minerals Country Compacts, including those for Kazakhstan and Mauritania.

Ekaterina brings two decades of experience in infrastructure and critical minerals finance across frontier and emerging markets. Before joining IFC in 2022, she spent over 17 years at Société Générale, most recently as Director, Mining, Metals & Industries Finance EMEA, after earlier roles in structured commodity finance and credit risk.

She is a member of the World Economic Forum working group and the International Energy Agency expert group on critical minerals, and a Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA, EFFAS). Ekaterina speaks Russian, English and French.