Kathryn McPhail joined ICMM in 2002 following over 20 years of development work with the World Bank Group in Washington D.C. and four years in the British High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya. Kathryn has led the development of ICMM’s Sustainable Development Framework and oversees ICMM’s successful Resource Endowment initiative, a policy research project designed to identify good practice and to document the socio-economic contribution of mining investments in poor countries. She managed ICMM’s participation in the World Bank Group’s Extractive Industries Review, the IFC’s Performance Standards review, the successful development of a joint World Bank/ICMM Community Development Toolkit and ICMM’s submissions to the UN Secretary General Special Representative on Business and Human Rights.

Karsten Fuelster is a Senior Investment Officer in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Chemicals Department at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. After four years with the Mining Investment Division in Washington DC, Karsten relocated to Jakarta early in 2007 where he is developing new investment opportunities for IFC in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Chemicals Sector throughout Southeast Asia. His team is providing both Advisory Services and Financing with the objective of strengthening the long-term prospects of his clients and the sustainability of their projects typically located in challenging environments. Before joining IFC in the Syndication Department in early 2001, Karsten was Vice President with Dresdner Bank AG, in Project and Export Finance, Frankfurt, Germany. Altogether, he has more than 20 years experience in international corporate lending and credit risk assessment. Mr. Fuelster holds a BA in Finance and International Business Administration from the European Business School, Germany.