Sonja Gibbs

Sonja leads the IIF’s work on sovereign debt policy and sustainable finance, focusing on research and advocacy for the Institute’s global membership across the financial services industry. Her research interests include global debt markets and risks to financial stability;sovereign debt stress and debt restructuring; the economic impact and financial market pricing of climate and ESG risks; and capital markets development in emerging markets.Her policy work on behalf of the IIF includes outreach and liaison efforts vis-à-vis the G20/G7, the Paris Club, the IMF/World Bank and other multilaterals, global regulators and standard setters, and the Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), as well as the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). She also serves on the boards of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), and of Egypt’s Regional Center for Sustainable Finance (RCSF).Sonja has spent over 20 years in banking and financial markets, including sell-side research in London and New York as well as stints as an emerging markets economist and bank credit analyst in Vienna and Los Angeles. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and has an MBA and BA from the University of California, Berkeley. Sonja’s work is widely cited 
in the financial press, and she is a regular speaker on global debt and sustainable finance policy issues at international conferences.