Technology + Innovation

Sylvia Scheurer is a visiting fellow in GMF’s Ukraine Cities Partnership, where she focuses on financing solutions for Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction. She is an independent consultant and adviser, and the founder of a Barcelona-based advisory practice specializing in innovative and sustainable finance for development. With more than 15 years of experience across the UN system, governments, and the private sector, she has advised partners such as UNICEF, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the UN Foundation, and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). She focuses on innovative financing instruments, blended finance, and public-private collaboration to support the transition from funding to financing. Scheurer co-authored UNICEF’s Global Innovative Finance for Children Strategy, contributed to the Fourth UN Financing for Development Conference (FfD4), and has led feasibility studies and advisory work on health financing across several African countries. She holds master’s degrees in international relations and in art history and philosophy and has given guest lectures and talks on development finance and innovation.

Alexandra Pugh is a Washington, DC-based program coordinator with GMF Technology. She previously worked with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and at the Center for European Policy Analysis, where she focused on Russia-China cooperation and competition. She also held a fellowship at the Bush Institute to research NATO policy toward Ukraine.

Pugh graduated summa cum laude from Southern Methodist University with bachelor’s degrees in political science and music.