Elizabeth L. Littlefield | |
---|---|
President and CEO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation | |
Assumed office October 1, 2010 - January 20, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Robert Mosbacher, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Ray Washburne |
Personal details | |
Born | Elizabeth Lascelles Littlefield Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alma mater | Brown University |
Elizabeth L. Littlefield is an American businesswoman and executive. She is the Senior Partner and co-founder of West Africa Blue,[1] and Senior Advisor at Pollination,[2] a climate change investment and advisory firm. She chairs the Board of M-KOPA solar and serves on the board of the World Wildlife Fund (US).
Formerly, Littlefield was a Senior Counselor and Head of Sustainability at Albright Stonebridge Group.[3] She served as the chairman, President, and CEO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), now a part of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (USIDFC), during the Obama administration. Prior, she served as the CEO of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and as a Director at the World Bank. She began her career at JPMorgan where she served in positions including as managing director for Emerging Markets.