Dr. Hennie van Greuning
Advisor
Treasury – Banking, Capital Markets & Financial Engineering Department
World Bank

Hennie van Greuning, a South African national, joined the World Bank in 1994 from the South African Reserve Bank where he served as Head of South African Bank Supervision (1990–94) and Controller (1986–89). He was actively involved in monetary policy and financial market regulation issues. Prior to that, he was a Partner with Deloitte and Touche where he had spent ten years. He joined the Bank as a Senior Financial Sector Specialist in the Financial Sector Development Department and moved to the Europe and Central Asia region as Financial Sector Manager in 1997. In July 2000 he joined the Bank’s Treasury as an Advisor.

As Financial Sector Manager, Hennie van Greuning was responsible for inputs into financial sector strategy, as well as technical guidance for financial sector operations in the 27 member countries in the Europe and Central Asia region. In the Treasury he is concentrating on a variety of risk-related and client advisory services issues.

He attended Stellenbosch University for undergraduate studies and holds a Doctorate in Economics and a Doctorate in Applied Accounting. He qualified as a chartered accountant in both South Africa and Canada. He has recently co-authored World Bank publications on International Accounting Standards as well as Banking Risk Analysis.