Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa
Prime Minister
Kingdom of Bahrain
Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa
Crown Prince
Kingdom of Bahrain
Khalid Al Faisal
President
Arab Thought Foundation
Bahrain 2007 Sponsors
Paulo Gomes
Managing Partner, Constelor Group and Former Executive Director for Sub-Saharan Africa
Wold Bank
Paulo Gomes is managing partner of Constelor Group, a unique platform for capital mobilization and strategic advisory based in Washington, DC and West Africa, supported by an expansive constellation of partners in the fields most vital to economic development and wealth creation in emerging markets. Following ten years of public service leading national budget, macro-economic policy and sector adjustment reforms in the Ministries of Finance and Planning of his home country, Guinea-Bissau, Mr. Gomes spent eight years at the World Bank as Alternate Executive Director and Executive Director representing the Bank's largest constituency of 25 Sub-Saharan African countries. He received his BA in Economics and International Trade from ILERI in Paris, and a Masters in Economic Policy and Management from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.