Charra Tesfaye Terfassa is a program manager at Open Society Foundations in the Economic and Climate Prosperity program where he leads the global work on trade. He works in the intersection of global systemic issues of finance and trade to support countries utilize the climate transition opportunity for economic transformations. With a stellar academic record, international legal training, and a career spanning academia, consultancy, and global policy, he worked at E3G, bridging trade and climate realms before joining Open Society Foundations. His expertise lies in fostering equitable, development-aligned climate action and economic transformation across global economies.