Rachel Perks is a senior mining specialist in the Energy and Extractives Global Practice at the World Bank. Rachel joined the World Bank’s Extractives unit in 2012 after over a decade of working and living in sub-Saharan Africa. Most of her work experience prior to joining the World Bank was in the mitigation of conflicts over natural resources –Sudan, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Uganda. She worked exclusively on preventing violent escalations of conflict between large scale mining companies and artisanal miners during her tenure in the DRC. Since joining the unit, Rachel’s work areas have expanded to include responsibilities on the portfolio concerning gender, and co-leading the global initiative on Support to Energy Transition in Coal regions. She is currently managing two lending operations on ASM formalization: Niger and Central African Republic. She is also leading the work on Delve, the data initiative to improve understandings of ASM’s contribution to the SDGs. She holds a PhD from Reading University, United Kingdom, and is on the editorial board of the Extractive Industries and Society journal. When not at work, Rachel enjoys spending time in the outdoors with her husband and son, cooking and horseback riding.