Mr. Thomas Glaessner is a Lead Financial Economist in the Financial Sector of the World Bank.

Mr. Glaessner is the Unit Head of the Integrator Group focusing on cutting edge policy issues in the financial sector. In this job, he is responsible for helping to define the approach of the Bank to developing emerging local securities markets in close coordination with the Treasury of the World Bank. Until January 2000 Mr. Glaessner was a senior strategist within Soros Fund Management LLC. He supported the portfolio managers for the quantum emerging growth and quantum funds in design of top-down investment strategies in either foreign exchange or fixed income in developed and emerging markets. Previously, Mr. Glaessner served within the World Bank East Asia region, the Latin America region, and the Financial Risk Management Unit. Prior to working for the World Bank, Mr. Glaessner spent five years with the International Finance Division of the Federal Reserve Board. Mr. Glaessner completed his Ph.D. in Economics and Finance at the University of Virginia, graduate work in Economics and Finance at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and received his B.A. from Kenyon College.