Asari Efiong joined the bank in 2010 in the Climate Strategy Delivery team, later completing a secondment at the European Commission in Brussels. She has led several donor-funded guarantee programmes, including mobilising critical support for Ukraine. Before EBRD, she worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Lyonnais Securities, and Morgan Stanley. Asari holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from Bayes Business School.