Speaker Bio
George Kibala Bauer is a Senior Director in the GSMA Climate Tech and Digital Utilities programmes. In this role, he leads both programmes’ insights and advocacy teams with colleagues based across Africa, Asia, and Europe. He focuses on managing strategic partnerships, contributing to reports and thought leadership, promoting enabling environment and policy interventions, supporting start-ups in their journeys to scale, and representing the programmes at conferences and closed-door convenings.
Prior to joining the GSMA, George gained experience in consulting and strategic communications with Portland Communications, economic research with Euler Hermes, development finance with the European Investment Bank, and government with the Ministry of Economy in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
George holds a MSc in international economic policy from Sciences Po Paris, a BA in economics from McGill University, as well as certificates in project finance, impact evaluation, and urban planning. He was also selected to take part in the On Deck Climate Tech Fellowship, a programme bringing together start-up and climate experts to catalyse climate tech innovations.