Chris Clubb has 20+ years of experience financing development projects in more than fifty emerging and frontier markets. Prior to joining Convergence, he was the Director leading European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) financing/investment activities in its early transition countries where EBRD increased its annual investments five-fold to become the largest investor in these low-income countries. While at EBRD, Chris innovated and implemented in partnership with more than 20 donors many of EBRD’s blended finance programs – including the leading local currency program for SME finance and development. Prior to EBRD, Chris provided long-term financing to strategic European infrastructure projects while at European Investment Bank, provided cross-border financing to international buyers while at Export Development Canada, and started his banking/financing career in corporate banking at Toronto Dominion Bank. Chris has held senior strategic risk management positions at EBRD and EDC, including the design and implementation of an enterprise-wide risk management framework.

Christopher Clubb
Managing Director
Recent Publications
- To mobilize private capital for sustainable development, we need standardization at scale(03 Feb 25)
- Blended finance for climate bonds(21 Nov 24)
- Developments on the blended finance ecosystem: Green Guarantee Company(05 Feb 24)
- A Blueprint for Closing the SDG Financing Gap: How to Raise $290 Billion in 12 Months to Tackle the World’s Biggest Problems(27 Apr 23)
- OP-ED: BlackRock’s Climate Finance Partnership, a turning point for the SDGs and Climate investment?(15 Nov 21)