Caio Koch-Weser

Chair of the Board

Caio Koch-Weser is the Chair of the Board of the European Climate Foundation and a member of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. Most recently, he was a Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank with global responsibilities for strategy; government, regulatory and corporate advisory; and co-ordination and implementation of group-wide business initiatives.

He is also the former Secretary of State in the German Federal Ministry of Finance, in which he served from 1999-2005. Prior to that role, he worked at the World Bank holding numerous senior roles and ultimately leading to his appointment as one of its Managing Directors in 1996.

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