Alexia Latortue is a Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development. Alexia most recently was the Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretary for International Trade and Development at the United States Treasury Department under the Biden-Harris Administration. In this role, she was the top policy advisor on climate, environment and infrastructure; development finance and policy; trade and investment; and technical assistance. She conceptualized and led the implementation of an initiative to evolve the multilateral development banks to be fit for purpose to help countries address 21stcentury global challenges. She also spearheaded a strategy for using public finance to mobilize private capital into emerging markets. This was Alexia’s second time at Treasury after first serving under the Obama-Biden Administration as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Development Policy.
Previously, Alexia served as the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Deputy CEO overseeing the agency’s operations to deliver on strategic and programmatic priorities and leading the MCC team. Before that, she was Managing Director for Corporate Strategy and a member of the Executive Committee at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), where she drove a new strategy focused on climate, inclusion, and digital solutions and led work preparing for an incremental expansion into Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to that, Ms. Latortue spent 10 years at the World Bank, working on financial inclusion and her last position was Deputy CEO of CGAP. She also has had experience in private sector development-related positions, including with Development Alternatives, Inc.
Alexia received her M.A. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and her B.S. from Georgetown University. In 2025, she received the Alexander Hamilton Award, Treasury’s highest award. Alexia is a former board member of Innovations for Poverty Action. She grew up in Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, and Austria and has lived and worked in the United Kingdom, France, and Haiti.
