Deo Delaney, President and CEO
The Liberian Bank of Development and Investment
Deo Delaney is the President and CEO of the Liberian Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI), the country’s only development finance institution.
Before joining LBDI in May 2022, Mr. Delaney served as a strategy, management and technology consultant at Accenture in Amsterdam. Prior to Accenture, Mr. Delaney worked at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Beijing, China, managing that institution’s financial services outsourcing portfolio covering treasury and controller operations.
He holds a Master’s in Global Business with academic distinction from the University of Oxford Said Business School. At Oxford, his thesis was awarded academic distinction for its analysis on the role and relevance of market institutions in sustaining growth of industries in emerging markets.
Before that, Mr. Delaney earned a Master’s in Human Rights and Conflict Affairs at the Institute of Law and Politics at the Scuola Superiore S’anna di Pisa in Italy.
At the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Mr. Delany completed post-graduate studies in Behavioral Finance focused on investment decisions.
As a contributing writer for The Huffington Post, Mr. Delaney married his interest in writing and his experience in finance and international development. He authored tens of articles for the publication focused on business, free trade, technology, investment protection and sustainable investment.
An avid sportsman, Mr. Delaney enjoys biking, running and hiking for leisure.
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