Oliver Fratzscher
Senior Financial Economist
Financial Sector Operations and Development Department
World Bank

Oliver Fratzscher is Senior Financial Economist with focus on capital markets and risk management in the Financial Sector of the World Bank. He has been leading projects on debt management in Brazil, institutional investors in China, capital market assessments in Korea, and cross-cutting risk management issues in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. His previous experience is in investment banking, where he managed emerging markets research at Deutsche Bank and then ABN Amro Bank in London. He has been a representative at the London Club and has advised institutional investors and sovereign issuers. Earlier, he has been an economist at the International Monetary Fund and a research fellow at the Brookings Institution. A German national, he is married with two daughters and holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University.