Bridging the finance gap on the road to Seville: Briefing with BII CEO Leslie Maasdorp

Global investment needs vastly outstrip what development finance institutions can deploy. The funding gap continues to widen and with the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, or FfD4, approaching, questions about DFI effectiveness are increasingly in the spotlight.

Join this exclusive Pro briefing as Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar sits down with Leslie Maasdorp, CEO of British International Investment.

They’ll dive into:

• Strategic recalibration — how are DFIs adapting investment approaches as geopolitical landscapes shift, and which strategies are proving resilient?
• The commercial-impact balance — beyond theory, which frameworks are successfully combining financial sustainability with development outcomes in challenging markets?
• Partnership models under scrutiny — which public-private approaches are delivering measurable results, and what lessons can be applied elsewhere?
• Institutional dynamics — how regional development banks and multilaterals can better coordinate, or whether they should.

Maasdorp has spent years deploying capital where commercial investors won’t venture. This conversation cuts through the development finance rhetoric to examine what actually works, what’s failing, and what changes are essential before the global community convenes for FfD4.

This event is for DEVEX Pro members.