Elvira Lefting is Managing Director at Finance in Motion, one of the world’s leading impact asset
managers with well over €2.3 billion in assets under management and offices in 17 countries. At Finance
in Motion, Elvira manages debt investments, technical assistance operations and the company’s regional
offices. She has devoted her career exclusively to development finance, combining financial sector
development with the objectives of small business growth, housing improvement and the green and
sustainable economy. Elvira started her professional career in 1998 in Russia at German development
consultancy IPC before moving to the EBRD, the China Development Bank and then KfW Development Bank.