Ludger Schuknecht is Vice President for Policy and Strategy. He drives AIIB’s strategic agenda, oversees AIIB’s environmental, social, fiduciary, and international relations policies, and manages the Bank’s administrative budget. He also oversees the Bank’s operational partnerships, including institutional engagement, concessional resource mobilization and special funds management. Previously, he served as Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the Bank. Before joining AIIB in August 2021, he held important leadership posts at the national and international levels. He was a Visiting Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore. Prior to this role, he was Deputy Secretary-General at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and was previously Chief Economist and Director General of Germany’s Federal Finance Ministry. In this position, he served as the G20 Finance Deputy for Germany and Co-chair of the Infrastructure Investment Working Group of the G20. Schuknecht has extensive experience working with international financial institutions, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Central Bank and the World Trade Organization. He also acted as the Chief Negotiator for Germany in the founding of AIIB, making him one of the architects of AIIB and one of the drafters of its Articles of Agreement. He holds a Vordiplom in Economics from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany; an MA in Economics from George Mason University, USA; and a Ph.D in Economics and a Habilitation in Economics from Universität Konstanz, Germany. Schuknecht is from Germany.