Sashi Jayatileke

Sashi Jayatileke
Sashi is a Senior Climate Finance Advisor with the USAID’s Center for Energy, Environment, and Infrastructure in Washington, DC. She leads coordination and provides technical leadership on climate finance to USAID and its partners seeking to mobilize finance for climate goals. Sashi brings two decades of experience in the design, development, and implementation of projects focused on private sector development, impact investing, women’s economic empowerment, and financial inclusion. Ms. Jayatileke has previously worked on structuring financial transactions using guarantees, human centered product design for new markets, and product development for financial institutions in Africa and Asia. She holds a MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from Vanderbilt University.
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Yale School of the Environment
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