Timila Dhakhwa

Timila Dhakhwa (MEM '16) brings over a decade of experience translating climate and transition risk into financial sector strategy across low-income and emerging markets. She currently works at the intersection of climate finance and financial stability in the International Monetary Fund's Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Her work spans lending, surveillance, and capacity development, with a focus on financial sector reforms under the IMF's Resilience and Sustainability Facility.

Prior to joining the IMF, Timila spent over seven years at the World Bank Group, where she co-led carbon pricing and green finance programs under the Partnership for Market Implementation and the G20 Compact with Africa. Her expertise covers emissions trading systems, soil carbon MRV for nature-based carbon dioxide removal markets, and climate risk management in the African financial sector. She holds a master's degree in environmental management from the Yale School of the Environment and is a GARP-certified Sustainability and Climate Risk professional.