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jzattler@cgdev.org

+49 1520 7418274

Berlin, Germany

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Current Assignments

Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow

Center for Global Development, Washington

Oct 2023 - today

Non-Resident Research Fellow

German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Bonn

Oct 2023 - today

Member of the Global Future Council

World Economic Forum, Geneva

May 2023 - today

Work Experience

Director General

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Berlin

Nov 2020 - Aug 2023	Berlin

In charge for the multilateral cooperation (UN, World Bank, Regional Development Banks, EU, OECD), sector policies, climate and environment, SDGs

Executive Director

World Bank Group

May 2017 - Oct 2020	Washington

• Overseeing World Bank Group Policies and Operations (approx. $ 100 billion p.a.)
• Chair of the Committee on Development Effectiveness; in Charge for Reforming the Bank’s Accountability Mechanisms
• Successful Conclusion of 2019 Capital Increase Negotiations

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Berlin

Director for Multilateral and European Development Policy

Jan 2008 - May 2017	Washington

Federal Ministry for Econmic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Berlin

Division Chief IMF / World Bank / Debt Issues

Jul 2001 - Jan 2008	Bonn / Berlin

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperatoin and Development (BMZ), Bonn

Deputy Head of Division (WTO, Trade)

May 1995 - Jun 2001	Bonn

Crown Agents, London

Senior Consultant in Development Economics

Nov 1994 - Apr 1995	Brussels / London

European Commission, Directorate General for Development, Brussels

Senior Economist in Division “Structural Adjustment and Macroeconomic Issues”

Oct 1990 - Oct 1994	Brussels

Dresdner Bank (today: Commerzbank) , Berlin

Trainee, Sovereig Credit and International Department

Dec 1983 - May 1985	Berlin

Free University of Berlin, Berlin

Research Assistant and Part-time Lecturer in Development Economics

APR 1981 - Dec 1983	Berlin

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Education

PhD in Economics (on Trade)

University of Giessen

Mar 2000

Post-Graduate Diploma in Development Economics

German Development Institute (IDOS), Berlin

Jun 1986	Berlin

Master in Economics

Free University of Berlin

Dec 1983	Berlin

Bachelor in Political Science

Free University of Berlin

Jul 1980	Berlin

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Languages

German

• native
• 100%

English

• C2
• 90%

French

• C2
• 90%

Spanish

• B2
• 65%

Italian

• B1
• 50%

Portug.

• A1
• 25%

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Other Activities

Publications

in particular on:

• development economics
• macroeconomics
• inequality
• international financial system
• trade policy.

(for details see online)

University Lectures

Macroeconomics and Development Economics

• University of Applied Science, Berlin
• Yale University, Connecticut
• Johns Hopkins University, Bologna
• and others