Olivier Hassler
Senior Housing Finance Specialist, Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department
World Bank

Olivier Hassler joined the World Bank in 2001 as a Senior Housing Finance Specialist, and has conducted missions in Algeria, Tunisia, Jordan, West Bank/Gaza, Ivory Coast, Bolivia, Chile, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Previously, Mr. Hassler worked for many years at Crédit Foncier, a French financial institution specialized in mortgage finance, loans to local Authorities, and project finance. He was mainly in charge of the funding, capital markets operation and assets/liabilities management of the Company, the first issuer of mortgage bonds in France. He also had responsibilities in regulatory issues and in real estate portfolio management. Mr. Hassler holds a Master’s degree in Economics and the Diploma of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.